On Mon, 2024-09-23 at 22:08 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > But the unused code still gets built in, doesn't it? That's a somewhat > un-gentoo like situation. >
It depends on the language, but in a compiled language, not usually. Regardless: if you aren't a fan of widespread changes to global USE flags based on what's fashionable at the time, you're gonna have a bad time in the desktop profile. Run "eselect profile list" and pick one that's higher up the tree.