Re: version 0.3 of the Gentoo Linux Installer

Norman Rie=DF wrote:
> Donnie Berkholz schrieb:
>=20
>>
>>
>> The portage team just got rid of exactly this capability for creating
>> difficult to reproduce USE flag setups, because they were dynamic, bas=
ed
>> on what's installed rather than set unconditionally in make.conf.
>>
>> So it's a difficult argument to say we should re-add it into the=20
>> installer.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Donnie
>>
>> =20
>>
> Why difficult to reproduce? Same software should create same USE-flag=20
> settings.
> I find it a little funny, that an official installer installes a perhap=
s=20
> not working system "by default".
> I think that misses the point of an installer!

USE flags control optional stuff. If something doesn't work because of a =
missing=20
USE flag, that's a bug with that particular ebuild.

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Andrew Gaffney                            http://dev.gentoo.org/~agaffney=
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Gentoo Linux Developer                                   Installer Projec=
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