On Wed, 4 May 2011 14:09:03 +0300 Kfir Lavi <lavi.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Maybe we should add a new USE flag that will install just the > > libraries. > > (USE="justlibs")
Then you'd have to update nearly every package that deps upon GCC to have a [-justlibs] dependency. Arguably not so bad for GCC, but in general it's a huge problem, and it's the reason [client] and [server] flags aren't popular. (And if features like those are desired, please don't start updating zillions of ebuilds with [-blah] flags. Ask for an EAPI feature that lets flags in IUSE be marked as "require me this way unless something explicitly says otherwise"...) -- Ciaran McCreesh
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