On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:34:52 -0500 "Walter Dnes" <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 08:23:18PM -0600, ??Q?? wrote > > > Thanks for the points you've made about how removal of a flag a user > > doesn't have enabled could still affect the user. I think I'll > > still use --changed-use routinely and also periodically run an > > update with --newuse. > > What's the longest that most software on Gentoo goes without an > update? The next update would, by definition, fix any breakage caused > by a dropped flag. That's true, but it won't hurt me to emerge -puNDv world every once in a while. I have an alias for it anyway, and I don't think I could break the habit of typing it occasionally.