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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] berkdb and gdbm in global USE defaults
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:23:35
Message-Id: CAJ0EP41vHNYXNRakmMbP7V_5tJgCvqGHY-Znt7kpZ=HshheXeA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] berkdb and gdbm in global USE defaults by Mart Raudsepp
1 On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 2:54 AM, Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o> wrote:
2 > Then there is no need to think about what is enabled globally or not.
3 > Point being, use REQUIRED_USE sparingly, and rarely a good idea to
4 > block things with common global USE flags, or demand a local USE flag
5 > based on a default enabled global USE flag without locally USE
6 > defaulting that global flag too - and other such cases.
7
8 I didn't really mean for this to turn into a thread about the merits
9 of REQUIRED_USE; in hindsight I should have left out that first
10 sentence.
11
12 Regardless of the REQUIRED_USE discussion, I don't think it makes
13 sense to have berkdb and gdbm in USE in make.defaults. I would like to
14 move them to IUSE defaults or package.use if necessary.

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