Hello, After some experiencies with emerge, it could be great that to do an emerge with USE interactive : $ emerge -I php >>> ... Use Java [Y/n]? Use X[y/N] ? .... I found, that there are too many errors due to USE vars that we forget to disable or enable... So I have taken my hands and my vim, and tried to do this, it gave a good result. I join the script, its name is emerge-interactive, this is in fact the emerge script with my modifications (line 1840 to 1877)... place it in the directory /usr/lib/portage/bin then ln -s /usr/lib/portage/bin/emerge-interactive /usr/bin To use the interactive mide, use $ emerge-interactive -I or --interactive .... This is my first gentoo and linux contribution so I'm waiting for some feedback, impression, and sure critiques and amelioration (this is the first time I script in python, so be indulgent !!) Thanks! Panard -- ________________________________________________________ panard@inzenet.org http://www.inzenet.org "Computers are like air-conditioners, they stop working properly when you open Windows."