From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GtLZR-0008V6-4E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:06:09 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBAA4WNE004574; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:04:32 GMT Received: from smtp1.iway.na (smtp1.iway.na [196.44.136.15]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBA9wIgC003983 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:58:19 GMT Received: from vscan.iway.na (vscan.iway.na [196.44.136.13]) by smtp1.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FB9964AE for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:58:15 +0200 (WAST) Received: from mx2.iway.na (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vscan.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 948BD805F1 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:58:14 +0200 (WAST) Received: from uwix.alt.na ([196.44.156.44]) by mx2.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id JA1YD202.QNF for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:58:14 +0200 Received: from uwe by uwix.alt.na with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GtLPM-0005Cf-4E for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:55:44 +0200 From: Uwe Thiem Organization: SysEx (Pty) Ltd. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USE Flags Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:55:43 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200612101155.43968.uwix@iway.na> Sender: Uwe Thiem X-Archives-Salt: 11927ca2-227a-4caf-a372-497044fdc7c7 X-Archives-Hash: 5e734fae56a2a6d56ca9171fc3f34789 On 10 December 2006 11:35, Vlad Dogaru wrote: > Hello, > > First time poster, so if I mess up anything do tell me. I have been > emerging packages and trimming the USE flags individually by adding USE=" " > in front of the command. Is this bad practice Yes, it is bad practise because they are not re-used next time you emerge that package. > or in any way different to > adding the use flags in /etc/portage/packages.conf? It's /etc/portage/package.use. > If it is, is there a > way of dumping all the use flags for all my currently installed ebuilds > into packages.conf? None other than using an editor or 'echo "blablabla" >> /etc/portage/package.use'. ;-) Uwe -- Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a German adjective. http://www.SysEx.com.na -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list