Matt Turner schrieb:
As an example of how this works out, I have both sys-apps/hwids and sys-apps/pciutils built with USE=udev, but media-gfx/gimp built without it.If it adds no additional dependencies, why do you care?
USE flags are supposed to control features, not dependencies. Exceptions are meta-packages.
If someone wants to have a lean system not just concerning disk space, that would include disabling such code.
Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn