Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do we have to build gcc with fortran now?

[Mick]

On Saturday 25 Jun 2011 20:45:58 Dale wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > Feedback from the consumer end of the producer-consumer link :-)
> >
> > The motivation is fine and well, it didn't quite work out, we call
> > this a "bug".
> >
> > The only real mistake was trying to slipstream it in without
> > notification or warning. devs all agree we should never do this, but
> > it is so ... tempting.
> >
> > I've made the same mistake myself many many times, and each time it
> > came back and bit me hard :-)
>
> What I like is the speed it got corrected.  People that don't sync often
> most likely didn't even know it ever changed.
>
> Another like, a dev that at least reads some of this stuff on -user.
> It's a good way to get feedback.  If you change something and it doesn't
> get mentioned, most likely all is well.  If it does get mentioned, may
> want to rethink the change.
>
> Lessons learned the hard way are the ones we remember the longest.  ;-)

I am getting confused:


$ euse -I fortran
global use flags (searching: fortran)
************************************************************
[+  D   ] fortran - Adds support for fortran (formerly f77)

Installed packages matching this USE flag: 
sys-devel/gcc-4.4.5

local use flags (searching: fortran)
************************************************************
no matching entries found


Two days ago or so, virtual fortran installed itself.  A day later it 
uninstalled itself.  Now fortran is set in USE as default.


I don't know if the film I was watching on TV about aliens has something to do 
with this, but I seem to have lost some time ...  ;-)
-- 
Regards,
Mick