On 14/11/14 03:57, hasufell wrote: > On 11/13/2014 04:27 PM, Michael Palimaka wrote: >>>> * C++ compiler and runtime >>> >>> Isn't it possible to disable C++ in GCC with USE="-cxx"? >> >> It is, but I think if that's disabled you're on your own. :-) >> > > I keep hearing this sentence, but it still doesn't make much sense to > me. Invalid configurations should be reported as invalid to the user. > > Since I run my own server with USE="-* foo bar" I have come across a lot > of "expect users to not disable it, but don't actually disallow it or > even warn them". > > I've seen a lot of compiler checks in ebuilds in pkg_pretend that look > quite similar. Maybe it's time to enhance toolchain-funcs?
It definitely would be nice to have some better mechanism for compiler checking in general. Already version checking is quite ugly with boilerplate code everywhere with wrong dependencies like >=gcc-4.7.
