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On Sep 11, 2012 5:58 AM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:19:38 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> > > I'd rather have that that an unusable shell. As was noted elsewhere |
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> > > this weekend, even if a USE flag is set but renamed, -* screws it |
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> > > up. |
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> > So no matter what I do or don't do, a developer can find a way to |
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> > screw me up. |
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> Yes, but since the devs know far more about the workings of the system |
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> and the interrelationships of its components than I do, I prefer to work |
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> with them than against them. |
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> I prefer to start with a known, working profile and tweak it. Rather than |
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> deliberately break everything and then apply my own fixes just to avoid |
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> the odd chance anyone else accidentally breaking it for me. |
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+1 to this. |
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In my previous employment, I used Gentoo in production environment. There's |
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a gaggle of USE flags in make.conf, mostly of the "-" variety. |
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But I stay clear of "-*" ... that thing's too eeevil for me... :-) |
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Rgds, |
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