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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ufed and USE flags
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:35:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070723093531.7bc9eada@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bf6b6d5c0707221959l5257700chd8a561fc1f19434b@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:59:30 +0000, Thufir wrote:

> I decided to try ufed per <http://gentoo-wiki.com/FAQ_USE_Flags>,
> however was mystified that neither /etc/portage/package.use nor
> /etc/portage/package.keywords were changed.
> 
> Shouldn't changes be made to files in /etc/portagae, preferably?

/etc/portage files are for package-specific overrides to the global
settings in /etc/make.conf and the system profile. ufed edits your global
USE flags, so the changes are correctly saved in /etc/make.conf.

Read man portage for an explanation of the various portage configuration
files and how they fit together.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Fire at will... NO WORF! Not Commander Riker!

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      reply	other threads:[~2007-07-23  8:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-23  2:59 [gentoo-user] ufed and USE flags Thufir
2007-07-23  8:35 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]

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