On 07/20/2018 02:12 AM, Mart Raudsepp wrote: > > Ok, I can see that point of view for make.conf. > I can't agree with changes in other profiles though, as other profile > will fall under the same category in USE_ORDER (in fact, it's the same > thing, as the end USE from "defaults" comes from your selected profile > and it's "parent" cascade, not taken from linux profile). But maybe you > have it tested and know it's a problem. Have you? >
Yes, when you set USE=foo in profile A and USE="-foo" in profile A/B, the end result is USE="foo -foo" which is the same thing as USE="-foo". The default portage USE_ORDER makes the profile flags more important than IUSE defaults, so the USE="-foo" from the profile clobbers any IUSE="+foo" defaults. If no default was set in profile A, then no override would be necessary in profile A/B, and the resulting USE="" would not override the IUSE default.
