On Wed, 31 May 2006 12:15:10 -0700, Ryan Tandy wrote:

> It doesn't really matter.  Where you should put them depends on how you 
> want them to take effect.  A flag that only affects one package will 
> affect that one package regardless of whether it's in make.conf or 
> package.use, so I prefer to put it in make.conf for clarity, especially 
> in the --info context. 

Local flags may be defined for more than one packages, with different
meanings, whereas global flags tend to be more consistent. So it may be
safer to put local flags in package.use to avoid the situation where the
same flag with a different meaning is added to another package you use.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

TROI : What am I sensing?? I'm sensing INCOMPETENCE, you pretentious
bald pseudo-French dickweed!

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