On 25 June 2013, at 23:31, Walter Dnes wrote: > … I have always done a --pretend update run and check the > output, before doing the real update. And I've switched to beginning my > USE variable with > > There is the option of setting USE="-ipv6" the more timid users. I > don't understand the point of defaulting to IPV6.
On a Gentoo system one should *always* perform a --pretend update run and check the output, before doing the real update I'm pretty sure replies have been made to you in the past about why USE="-*" is a Bad Idea™. It's not "timid" to disable IPv6 support is by setting USE="-ipv6" - that's just the right way to do it. Most people disabling IPv6 probably want to keep support for jpeg, png and *all* the other defaults. I'm pretty sure that setting USE="-*" creates just as much work, on average, if not more. You have just shifted the work from occasionally having to set -ipv6 (and similar) in your make.conf, to regularly having to add +mp3 +jpeg +vlc +minimal every time you emerge a new package. Stroller.
