On 11/17/2014 09:40 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > 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 >
Using USE="-*" reveals so many random assumptions and untested ebuild configurations that we should definitely rethink that sentiment. And arch testers partly do exactly that. So I think it's an excuse for bad ebuild USE flags and dependencies. If your ebuild does not compile with USE="-*" (except because of REQUIRED_USE or pkg_setup bailing out), then you did something wrong. People already use this configuration and all related bug reports are valid.
