On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 12:05:03AM +0100, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > 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.
Agreed. If you want to turn things off, I would recommend starting your use with something like: USE="-foo -bar -bas ..." so that you turn off the specific things you want to turn off. William
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