On Sep 11, 2012 5:58 AM, "Neil Bothwick" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:19:38 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > > I'd rather have that that an unusable shell. As was noted elsewhere > > > this weekend, even if a USE flag is set but renamed, -* screws it > > > up. > > > > So no matter what I do or don't do, a developer can find a way to > > screw me up. > > Yes, but since the devs know far more about the workings of the system > and the interrelationships of its components than I do, I prefer to work > with them than against them. > > I prefer to start with a known, working profile and tweak it. Rather than > deliberately break everything and then apply my own fixes just to avoid > the odd chance anyone else accidentally breaking it for me. >
+1 to this. In my previous employment, I used Gentoo in production environment. There's a gaggle of USE flags in make.conf, mostly of the "-" variety. But I stay clear of "-*" ... that thing's too eeevil for me... :-) Rgds,
