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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:54:03 +0100
From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
Subject: [gentoo-user] decrypt a use flag - how to
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Hi,

when I do

emerge -vp sys-libs/glibc

I see the use flag    (-nls%*)
What are these special characters '(' '%' and '*' about?

Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut.