On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Alexander Hof <gentoo...@cosmofox.net> wrote: > Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Michael Palimaka >> <kensing...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>> On 14/11/14 01:05, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >>>> Isn't it possible to disable C++ in GCC with USE="-cxx"? >>> >>> It is, but I think if that's disabled you're on your own. :-) >> >> Perhaps we should add a package.use.force entry for this. Is there any >> reason not to? >> > > There are people that don't want c++ and gcc:4.7 can still bootstrap > without. >
Those people "know what they are doing" and could un-force the use flag. That would prevent people from accidentally disabling it via USE="-*". I'm not normally one to prevent people from shooting themselves, but in this case the safety would be simple to toggle.
