On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:30:23 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > > It does, but since you have no reference to cups in make.conf, the > > default is used. Many USE flags are enabled by default in the profile, > > add -cups to make.conf to override this. > > It was garbage like this that finally convinced me to put "-*" at the > front of my USE variable, followed by the stuff that *I* decided I > needed, not the stuff that the developers decided "the average user" > needed.
It's not a decision of what is needed, merely the developers' attempt to give you a decent starting point. I do use USE="-*..." on one system but not generally. One disadvantage of using -* is that emerge -uavDN world won't notify you of any new or altered USE flags, because you have masked them all out. I prefer to use "emerge -uavDN world" (I have an alias for it) and check the intended actions before confirming. -- Neil Bothwick All right, set phasers to deep fat fry!
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