On Tue, 21 May 2013 09:57:53 -0400
Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/21/2013 09:50 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:12 +0000 (UTC)
> > Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> >> But the point you're missing is that INSTALL_MASK is NOT a hack.
> > 
> > Sure it is. It's a hack and remains a hack until there's a way of
> > using it without risk of breakage.
> 
> That's a silly requirement. Every time I sit down with one of my
> systems and start playing/exploring (If I've gone a month without
> getting somewhat competent with something completely new to me, it's
> been a bad month) with USE flags, I break my system with within
> hours. USE flags are awesome at what they do, and they're incredibly
> robust, but that doesn't mean that toggling features on and off isn't
> dangerous.

And you're reporting bugs for all these missing or automagic
dependencies, right?

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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