default_variants and variant conflicts

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 30, 2020, at 09:48, René J.V. Bertin wrote:

> why doesn't `default_variant` notice that it's setting a variant that conflicts with a variant set by the user?

I guess it just wasn't written to take that into account. Modifying it to add that enhancement might be reasonable, but we would have to make sure that any enhancement doesn't interfere with the ways that it is already being used in so many portfiles.