On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 3:33 PM Wols Lists <antli...@youngman.org.uk> wrote: > > On 05/06/2024 20:15, Meowie Gamer wrote: > > I must've taken too long to join the mailing list because I missed the > > first part of whatever's happening here. How did this turn from python 3.12 > > to a conversation about USE? > > > > Because they're using USE or whatever to force packages to stay on 3.11, > because they won't build with 3.12. > > So it's not necessarily about USE, but about the tactics people use to > make emerge work the way they want. It might be MASK, or any of the > other package... directories.
It is a bit more than that. Even if you never touch /etc/portage/package.use, you effectively will have USE flags set on packages that involve python simply due to the profile (and the change therein). That is why the news item has you put -* at the start of the setting if you're overriding it - otherwise you'll just be appending to the profile setting. While these do end up setting USE flags, you should still set the USE expand variables as directed in the news item and documentation, and not manipulate the USE flags directly. -- Rich
