Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=

2016-04-14 Thread waltdnes
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 04:08:40PM +, James wrote > »Q« 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=

2016-04-13 Thread Dale
»Q« wrote: > On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:55:56 -0500 > Dale wrote: > >> Marc Joliet wrote: >>> On Wednesday 13 April 2016 16:20:06 Dale wrote: >>> May I ask where portpeek comes from? I don't have it installed here. >>> Sure thing, it's in app-portage/portpeek. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=

2016-04-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:37:51 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: > >> That would be a useful addition to eix-test-obsolete, unless it's > >> already there and I missed it. > > > >It certainly would. I've just tried to find it in man eix and > >couldn't, but there's a lot in there. > > > >I'm going

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=

2016-04-13 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 04/13/2016 02:00 PM, »Q« wrote: > > I should qualify that -- a lot of the descriptions suck, not all of > them. When in doubt, I let the profile decide. > Nah, most of them suck. USE=derp enables libderp? Awesome. WTF does libderp actually DO for this package? We need a policy change to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=

2016-04-13 Thread Dale
Marc Joliet wrote: > > On Wednesday 13 April 2016 16:20:06 Dale wrote: > > >May I ask where portpeek comes from? I don't have it installed here. > > > > Sure thing, it's in app-portage/portpeek. > > > > >Thanks. > > > > > >Dale > > > > > >:-) :-) > > > > You're Welcome > > -- > > Marc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=

2016-04-13 Thread Marc Joliet
On Wednesday 13 April 2016 16:20:06 Dale wrote: >May I ask where portpeek comes from? I don't have it installed here. Sure thing, it's in app-portage/portpeek. >Thanks. > >Dale > >:-) :-) You're Welcome -- Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=

2016-04-13 Thread Dale
Marc Joliet wrote: > > On Wednesday 13 April 2016 15:16:56 »Q« wrote: > > >On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:14:28 +0100 > > > > > >Neil Bothwick wrote: > > >> On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:00:54 -0500, »Q« wrote: > > >> > > I don't mind this so much, as when flags become deprecated and > > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=

2016-04-13 Thread Marc Joliet
On Wednesday 13 April 2016 15:16:56 »Q« wrote: >On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:14:28 +0100 > >Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:00:54 -0500, »Q« wrote: >> > > I don't mind this so much, as when flags become deprecated and >> > > there is no notification, or a tool, to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=

2016-04-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:00:54 -0500, »Q« wrote: > > 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 > > I should qualify that -- a lot of the descriptions suck, not all of > them. When in doubt, I let the