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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Revisions for USE flag changes
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On 08/12/2017 10:32 PM, Duncan wrote:
>>
>> What if you fix a runtime issue by dropping a flag? It's more confusing
>> than it has to be: the USE flag exception interacts weirdly with all the
>> other rules.
> 
> Bad example as it's a security vuln, which requires masking/removing 
> vulnerable versions

Ok, change "security vulnerability" to "erases the root partition."