Am 08.08.2015 um 21:30 schrieb Rich Freeman: > This was the subject of extensive discussion and a council decision. > > The rationale for not configuring the installing of small files via a > USE flag is that it would greatly increase the number of packages that > would depend on that flag, and then when a user swtiches their > configuration they're rebuilding half their system just for the sake > of a few dozen single-inode files. > > If people want to set install masks they can. However, this will come > at the cost of having to rebuild half your system later if you change > your mind.
And what's the difference if I have to rebuild half my system because of a USE flag or because of an INSTALL_MASK? The USE flag has the advantage that the necessary packages are automatically re-emerged by emerge -uDN @world if I would change my mind later.
