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On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 12:05:03AM +0100, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> That's at most an argument that USE="-*" should be a theoretically valid |
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> configuration. It does not mean that the setting makes sense for anyone. |
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> USE="-*" was maybe a reasonable idea before we had use defaults. |
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> Now, by setting USE="-*", you deviate from upstream defaults at random places |
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> and pointlessly mess up the dependency calculations of python / ruby / |
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> multilib / ... packages. |
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> Message to users- if you want a minimum set of useflags, start from the main |
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> default profile of your arch. That's what it is for. Everything else, and you |
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> sure get to keep the pieces. |
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Agreed. If you want to turn things off, I would recommend starting your |
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use with something like: |
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USE="-foo -bar -bas ..." |
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so that you turn off the specific things you want to turn off. |
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William |
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