On Thursday 20 October 2005 10:19 pm, Dave Nebinger wrote: > >> > i still dont see how this addresses the nocxx / USE=-* > >> > >> noFOO is used because "FOO" is on by default, and noFOO turns it off. > >> AutoUSE is the same way, package bar is included in the buildplan and to > >> have sane defaults, certain flags are turned on. > > > > that was a great explanation however irrelevant it may have been > > > > i guess we will have to make 'nocxx' a special case as we strip all other > > 'no*' USE flags from portage > > Sorry, guys, but isn't that what "-FOO" is supposed to be for? If we > already have support for "-FOO", why then do we need a "noFOO" also? > > Or is there some distinction I'm missing here?
you're missing the fact that if we change 'nocxx' to 'cxx' then everyone who uses '-*' in their USE flags will emerge their gcc without C++ support -mike -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
