»Q« <boxcars <at> gmx.net> writes:
> tl;dr: Getting rid of USE="-*" was a lot easier than I'd expected. A > little rebuilding, a lot of (easy) USE flag pruning, and I'm done. > Until yesterday, I've had USE="-*" for years. I've only used (USE="-*") for small systems like firewalls, devices, or other minimized servers. If you think about it, most of us, on a workstation, what everything that will work. The exception being somebody with meager resources or other minimizations that warrant constraint. > Most of the time spent was actually looking at USE flag descriptions, > which continue to suck. I don't mind this so much, as when flags become deprecated and there is no notification, or a tool, to ferret out such dead-flags.... Enjoyed reading your confessions.... James
