On Sunday 05 March 2006 23:38, MIkey wrote:
>
> That is of course always an option.
>
> But, I have a dream...  That some day, some way, I will be able to
> control _everything_ I need relating to building and installing via USE
> flags and package.use.
>
> I don't think using _anything_ in the environment should ever be
> allowed because there is no way to track it during upgrades or
> automated building (catalyst, installing from pre-packaged binaries,
> for examples).  Not to mention the environment is not exactly clean. 
> Keeping track of the myriad of ways you can alter a package
> build/install is a headache, I would prefer it all be done through one
> consistent interface...  From what I can tell, the use of
> FEATURES="noman nodoc noinfo" is being deprecated anyway.

Take a look at the options offered by a custom /etc/portage/bashrc. One 
can do almost anything there. You can have it read in configuration files 
and whatever. The documentation is kindof lacking, but most portage 
features could actually be removed in favour of a custom bashrc. It would 
just confuse the hell out of users.

Paul

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