Ühel kenal päeval, R, 27.01.2017 kell 11:22, kirjutas Mike Gilbert: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 2:54 AM, Mart Raudsepp <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Then there is no need to think about what is enabled globally or > > not. > > Point being, use REQUIRED_USE sparingly, and rarely a good idea to > > block things with common global USE flags, or demand a local USE > > flag > > based on a default enabled global USE flag without locally USE > > defaulting that global flag too - and other such cases. > > I didn't really mean for this to turn into a thread about the merits > of REQUIRED_USE; in hindsight I should have left out that first > sentence. > > Regardless of the REQUIRED_USE discussion, I don't think it makes > sense to have berkdb and gdbm in USE in make.defaults. I would like > to > move them to IUSE defaults or package.use if necessary.
That sounds great to me when done with proper care as an interim solution. If they aren't both global enabled, the concerns about REQUIRED_USE here are lessened. Mart
