On 08/02/2013 09:38 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Michael Orlitzky <mich...@orlitzky.com> writes: > >> On 08/02/2013 08:22 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> >>> Now, is it reasonable to install that way? Will I run into some >>> horrible unsightly mess using git, when installed this way. >>> >> >> Without USE=perl, you'll get a surprise if you try to `git add -i`. > > Well, I do have perl installed so if its just a matter of having perl > available then wouldn't it still work? >
USE=perl pulls in some perl packages that (ostensibly) `git add -i` uses to do its thing. It's possible that /if/ you happened to have those packages installed anyway, `git add -i` would pick them up at runtime and work. But if you have them installed anyway, why worry about the USE flag?
