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On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:52:54 +0200 |
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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 13/04/2015 03:38, »Q« wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:24:48 -0400 |
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> > Alec Ten Harmsel <alec@××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> Also, using the KDE profile and having USE="-*" seem contrary. One |
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> >> of the main reasons to use a profile is to get a relevant set of |
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> >> USE flags. |
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> > I don't want the profile's USE flags, but I still thought it best to |
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> > select the profile that matches what I use the machine for. |
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> A profile is indeed intended to match the intended use of the machine, |
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> and to do that it does two things: |
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> - enables or disables some software (the minor feature) |
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> - sets some sane default USE (the major feature) |
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> USE="-*" essentially undoes the profile entirely rendering it useless. |
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> You'd be better off just setting your profile to default and doing all |
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> the heavy lifting yourself instead of going with the maintainers |
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> suggestions implemented in the profile. |
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I rarely have to mess with changing USE flags as it is now, but setting |
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them up from scratch (something I haven't done in many years) after |
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clobbering the profile's defaults was heavy lifting, for me at least. |
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If I ever have to do it again, I'll check out using a simpler profile |
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without clobbering its USE. |
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