Re: [gentoo-user] portage getting mixed up with USE?

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Thursday 23 June 2011 13:31:10 Daniel Pielmeier did opine thusly:
> 2011/6/22 Sebastian Beßler <sebastian@darkmetatron.de>:
> > Am 22.06.2011 17:31, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
> >> On Wednesday 22 June 2011 15:44:40 Neil Bothwick did opine 
thusly:
> >>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:41:57 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >>>> It is unset here (well, it's not set, actually - same
> >>>> thing)
> >>> 
> >>> autounmask is set by default, you need to explicitly set it
> >>> to off.
> >> 
> >> So,
> >> 
> >> is it invisibly on then? I don't have it in make.conf and it's
> >> not in
> > 
> >> FEATURES:
> > It is not a FEATURE its a default option
> > 
> > NOTE: This --autounmask behavior can be disabled by setting
> >      EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask=n" in make.conf.
> 
> Sorry for the confusion by mixing up FEATURES with
> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS. I did not have a Gentoo machine at hand when
> writing this.

No worries, I had also assumed it was a FEATURE. 

I'd read about it in Changelogs long before you posted but paid little 
attention - it's something I wouldn't use, so could ignore it.


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