Am Montag, 17. November 2014, 22:36:10 schrieb hasufell: > > > > 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.
That's at most an argument that USE="-*" should be a theoretically valid configuration. It does not mean that the setting makes sense for anyone. USE="-*" was maybe a reasonable idea before we had use defaults. Now, by setting USE="-*", you deviate from upstream defaults at random places and pointlessly mess up the dependency calculations of python / ruby / multilib / ... packages. Message to users- if you want a minimum set of useflags, start from the main default profile of your arch. That's what it is for. Everything else, and you sure get to keep the pieces. -- Andreas K. Huettel Gentoo Linux developer dilfri...@gentoo.org http://www.akhuettel.de/
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