Apparently, though unproven, at 21:59 on Tuesday 19 April 2011, Neil Bothwick did opine thusly:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:25:23 -0500, Dale wrote: > > >> I agree that setting about anything on the command line is a bad > > >> idea. However, it is just to test it to see what, if anything, it > > >> changes. > > > > > > But it doesn't tell you if setting the flag solves the problem, > > > because it doesn't attempt to emerge the package that failed. As a > > > test it fails. > > > > Then I guess your mileage may vary then. > > Oh no. Emerging one package to see how another package emerges will give > exactly the same result every time, not an inch of variation :( You're forgetting about what the cosmic rays, solar flares and quarks clear across the universe can do -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
