Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with installation kde-meta, gnome

["Andrzej Styczeń" <styczen_andrzej@o2.pl>]

On Saturday 20 of February 2010 03:56:32 Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote:

> If I understand you correctly, then you only set useflags when you invoke
> emerge? As in "USE="foo" emerge foobar". Is this how you're doing it or am
> I just misunderstanding? 

Yes and no. 

Yes, because I add a given flag to USE in /etc/make.conf. If emerge want it, 
when I do the following command:
# emerge kde-meta

After this command, emerge tell me that I must to use e.g. X,  so I add a 
given flag to USE="X jpeg png -debug" etc. to file /etc/make.conf.

No, because I put it to /etc/make.conf, not as you show all in one line:
# USE="X jpeg png -debug" emerge kde-meta
I do not do as above line.

> If it is how you're doing it, then I would suggest 
> that you start using your /etc/portage/package.use file instead (it doesn't
> exist by default, you have to make the directory and the file) and add the
> use flags you want for the package you're about to install. This way it'll
> be a permanent useflag that isn't overwritten next time that specific
> package needs an update.

Thank you for this hint :-)

> Zeerak

Andrzej