On Monday 03 May 2010 03:21:29 Dale wrote: > I rarely put a USE flag in anything but make.conf. Usually, if I > need support for something, it is more than one package or that one > package will want the support enabled for other packages it builds > on as well.
One exception I suggest is mysql. If you put that USE flag in make.conf, every application you install that can use a database back-end will be built with it, adding unneeded complexity. > I have disabled a USE flag in package.use before tho. That seems to > work OK almost all the time. -doc and -hal come to mind without even > looking at the file. And I have this in package.use: www-client/links -X -jpeg -png -tiff -directfb -fbcon -sdl That's most useful during system installation, but as I only use links at a VT I don't bother to change its flags later. -- Rgds Peter.
