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Digital Storm
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 07 Mar 2003
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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 Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:00 am Post subject: Newb USE Flag Q. |
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| I've always kept my USE flags to a bare minimum (6-7 at most) besides compiling extra possible software due to the added USE flags and requirements...Is there any other downfalls between using say...10-12 USE flags compared to 26-28? |
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bakreule
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Joined: 27 Aug 2003
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Location: Paris, France
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| I would say there aren't any pitfalls for having a lot or a little number of USE flags specifically. The only pitfall is not having the RIGHT flags. If you have a specific need that is covered by a USE flag, go ahead and add it. If you don't need it anymore, remove it. |
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mattjgalloway
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Joined: 16 Mar 2004
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Location: Coventry, UK
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| Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Indeed.
Remember that there is a default USE flag anyway which has about 50 options in it! It's there so that certain things are always turned off/on until the user directly turns them on/off in /etc/make.conf
Don't worry about having lots - but spend time thinking about what you NEED
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