On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:07:05 -0700, Grant wrote:

> Since I first started using Gentoo I've had -* in my make.conf USE
> flag specification so I only build support for the stuff I want. 
> Sometimes I can't figure out if I need a certain USE flag or not.  In
> this case it would be useful to know whether Portage sets the flag by
> default or not.  Is there any way to figure this out without removing
> -* from make.conf and re-running the -a or -p emerge command?

mv /etc/make.conf /etc/make.conf.ignore ; emerge --info; mv /etc/make.conf.ignore /etc/make.conf


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Neil Bothwick

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getting performance from Windows is like getting blood from a stone -
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