On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:42:57PM +0100, Alexander Hof wrote: > Mike Gilbert wrote: > >> There are people that don't want c++ and gcc:4.7 can still bootstrap > >> without. > >> > > > > Those people "know what they are doing" and could un-force the use > > flag. That would prevent people from accidentally disabling it via > > USE="-*". > > Are we talking about forcing +cxx globally or for gcc (+toolchain)? > > Has this been a major problem in the past? Shouldn't people who set > USE="-*" also "know what they are doing"?
This is my feeling as well. If someone using Gentoo uses USE="-* foo bar ..." they get to keep the pieces. William
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