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On 07/04/2011 05:12 PM, Chris Elston wrote:
>> Hi, with my Angstrom cap on I like this syntax and I think it will be
>> really useful.
>>
>> A second level concern I have is about conflicting features, its not
>> something we will come across probably in DISTRO land as we are sensible
>> enough not to select them. But users could select them in local.conf.
>>
>> Graeme
> As a new developer, I've discovered that there are plenty of things that
> you can set in local.conf which break things :D
>
> Could you please give an example of conflicting features that could
> cause problems, I'm not experienced enough with OE to have encountered
> that problem yet.
>
>
Cant think of a solid one off the top of my head, but I mean the cases where

--enable-feature means that --disable-another-feature is done.

This is why I listed it as a secondary issue.

Graeme