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On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 03:19:29PM -0500, Dale wrote |
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> When doing upgrades, I agree it is always wise to look at all USE flag |
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> changes. Having USE flags is a Gentoo feature but if not monitored |
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> correctly, it can be a curse as well. It can cause havoc and makes |
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> things not work correctly or add features one doesn't want. |
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I learned this "the hard way" when the Gentoo devs "in their infinite |
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wisdom" made "+ipv6" the default. Web browsers and wget, etc, would |
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spin their wheels for 45 seconds on IPV6 lookups, before failing over |
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to IPV4. I don't recall a news item. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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