On Tue, 21 May 2013 09:57:53 -0400 Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 05/21/2013 09:50 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:12 +0000 (UTC) > > Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > >> But the point you're missing is that INSTALL_MASK is NOT a hack. > > > > Sure it is. It's a hack and remains a hack until there's a way of > > using it without risk of breakage. > > That's a silly requirement. Every time I sit down with one of my > systems and start playing/exploring (If I've gone a month without > getting somewhat competent with something completely new to me, it's > been a bad month) with USE flags, I break my system with within > hours. USE flags are awesome at what they do, and they're incredibly > robust, but that doesn't mean that toggling features on and off isn't > dangerous.
And you're reporting bugs for all these missing or automagic dependencies, right? -- Ciaran McCreesh
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