Re: [gentoo-dev] use.force support

[Alec Warner <warnera6@egr.msu.edu>]

Sven Wegener wrote:

> use.force might not be the best name, but it's what we do with it for
> most of our users. Being able to -flag in /etc/portage/profile/use.force
> is just because /etc/portage/profile gets added to the cascaded profile
> chain.  Everything we add to portage that allows a profile to revert
> some behaviour added by parent profiles, can also be done with
> /etc/portage/profile and it's good that way. So, that we're able to
> -flag in use.force is just part of the way cascaded profiles work. It's
> not a feature that will be added just to support use.force. Primary
> reason for use.force is to have a way to activate flags even if USE="-*"
> is in make.conf or environment.
How is this not just a consequence of USE="-*"...that is what this does; 
turns off ALL use flags.  How is use.force ( or the concept thereof ) 
not breaking the 'easy' interpretation of USE="-*" because now things 
aren't -*, they are -* + use.force things.

It's one of those "if you use USE="-*" you should know the consequences 
of it...kind of deals.
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