XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: pk@pk.invalid   
      
   On Sunday 20 April 2008 22:48, J.O. Aho wrote:   
      
   >> For example, all flags disabled, except the foo and bar flags:   
   >>   
   >>  USE="-* foo bar"   
   >   
   > As far as I know, no.   
      
   It's indeed possible, and it used to be a widely-used practice for some time   
   for some people. Doing that nowadays is more risky, since there have been   
   cases where stuff has broken due to that, see eg bug #183451.   
      
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