On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 01:41:45PM +0000, Stroller wrote > It's probably fixed in one of the updates! Why are you posting before > you checked that!?!?
It started happening suddenly And yes, I did search bugzilla, although I admit my searches aren't always perfect. And if "emerge --sync" output ends up telling me there is a portage update, I do run it first. > > The main quirk on my mcahines is that I start USE with "-*" on all my > > machines. This goes back to when the developers "in their infinite > > wisdom", decided to make ipv6 a default USE flag. > > Why not just use -ipv6 as a global USE flag!?!? > > I have to admit that the Gentoo devs have in the past made decisions > which have caused me to be suspicious of their sanity. But if I > disagree with them over a USE flag I just add it to make.conf. Because I don't want a repeat of the ipv6 fiasco where I had an almost non-functional browser, mediaplayer (for internet files), etc, etc. And I also had to run "emerge --newuse --update world" and inspect the output from "emerge -pv --depclean" and remove additional stuff, and then revdep-rebuild to clean up the resulting extra "goodies". If I don't use "-*" what's the next flag that the devs will add? And how many of my current packages will link against it? On occasion, "emerge -pv --deep --update world" will complain that a certain USE flag is required for my config. At that time, I will decide if I really want the package that requires the flag, and if so, whether to enable the flag globally or one-off in /etc/package.use OK, so I'm a control freak. That's one reason I left Windows. I want to be in charge of my machine. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
