[gentoo-user] is it ok to set local flags using ufed?

[gentoo-user] is it ok to set local flags using ufed?

[Denis]

I find it convenient using ufed - the ncurses USE flag editor - to
change/set USE flags.

What does the following warning in ufed mean: "Never enable any flags
other than those specified in /etc/make.conf"?

It seems that ufed writes all the USE flags selected to
/etc/make.conf, including both global and local flags.  From what I've
read, /etc/make.conf is only supposed to contain global USE flags,
with local ones set in /etc/portage/package.use...

Is it safe setting local flags using ufed (i.e., in /etc/make.conf) if
you know you dont need them disabled for any packages?
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Re: [gentoo-user] is it ok to set local flags using ufed?

[Hemmann, Volker Armin]

On Montag, 28. Mai 2007, Denis wrote:

> Is it safe setting local flags using ufed (i.e., in /etc/make.conf) if
> you know you dont need them disabled for any packages?

yes

since all packages that don't have that flag ignore it, it is safe.
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Re: [gentoo-user] is it ok to set local flags using ufed?

[Willie Wong]

On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:45:21AM -0400, Penguin Lover Denis squawked:
> Is it safe setting local flags using ufed (i.e., in /etc/make.conf) if
> you know you dont need them disabled for any packages?

Short answer: yes. It is safe. You won't break your system. (At least
I haven't.)

I only put stuff in package.use if the flags for a package wants to be
different from system-wide defaults.

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Re: [gentoo-user] is it ok to set local flags using ufed?

[Hemmann, Volker Armin]

On Montag, 28. Mai 2007, Willie Wong wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:45:21AM -0400, Penguin Lover Denis squawked:
> > Is it safe setting local flags using ufed (i.e., in /etc/make.conf) if
> > you know you dont need them disabled for any packages?
>
> Short answer: yes. It is safe. You won't break your system. (At least
> I haven't.)
>
> I only put stuff in package.use if the flags for a package wants to be
> different from system-wide defaults.

yeah, me too. Everything into make.conf, in package.use the two odd 
exceptions.
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