On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:52:54 +0200 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/04/2015 03:38, »Q« wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:24:48 -0400 > > Alec Ten Harmsel <a...@alectenharmsel.com> wrote: > >> Also, using the KDE profile and having USE="-*" seem contrary. One > >> of the main reasons to use a profile is to get a relevant set of > >> USE flags. > > > > I don't want the profile's USE flags, but I still thought it best to > > select the profile that matches what I use the machine for. > > A profile is indeed intended to match the intended use of the machine, > and to do that it does two things: > > - enables or disables some software (the minor feature) > - sets some sane default USE (the major feature) > > USE="-*" essentially undoes the profile entirely rendering it useless. > You'd be better off just setting your profile to default and doing all > the heavy lifting yourself instead of going with the maintainers > suggestions implemented in the profile. I rarely have to mess with changing USE flags as it is now, but setting them up from scratch (something I haven't done in many years) after clobbering the profile's defaults was heavy lifting, for me at least. If I ever have to do it again, I'll check out using a simpler profile without clobbering its USE.
