On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 07:31:30PM +0000 or thereabouts, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> | Put USE="-* oneuse twouse reduse blueuse" in make.conf to set the
> | globals, and _then_ start tweaking in "package.use".
> 
> ...and then watch your system explode because you didn't set various
> USE flags which should only be turned off on embedded systems.

We've been using the USE="-* foo bar" method on all of our infrastructure
servers since as far back as I can remember and have never had a problem as
a result.

Not trying to fan the flames one way or the other -- just stating a fact.

--kurt

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