From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage getting mixed up with USE?
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:44:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110622154440.0425dbe1@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1670223.3B9JZpE7Ee@nazgul>
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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.
> I'm a sysadmin, I have an inherent distrust of all things software and
> automagic-config-changers are scary things indeed :-)
autounmask doesn't actually do anything, it only tells you what should be
added to /etc/portage/package.use. You need to use autounmask-write for
that, which doesn't play nicely if package.use is a directory[1].
However, it does respect the --ask flag, making it safe for all but the
most paranoid BOFHs (no names Alan) to use.
[1] It writes to a file of its choosing in that directory, with no regard
to its relevance. I'd prefer it to write to something like
packagename.autounmasked or even just packagename as it adds a comment
to the file to explain the content.
--
Neil Bothwick
Monday is the root of all evil!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-22 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-22 8:18 [gentoo-user] portage getting mixed up with USE? Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 8:49 ` Daniel Pielmeier
2011-06-22 9:15 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 9:31 ` Daniel Pielmeier
2011-06-22 9:50 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 9:47 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 9:53 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 10:43 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 11:54 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 12:22 ` Daniel Pielmeier
2011-06-22 12:41 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 14:19 ` Mick
2011-06-22 14:44 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2011-06-22 15:31 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 16:05 ` Mick
2011-06-22 16:22 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 16:30 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-06-22 16:59 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 11:31 ` Daniel Pielmeier
2011-06-23 19:40 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 17:11 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-06-22 18:22 ` Dale
2011-06-22 19:16 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-06-22 20:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 22:35 ` Mick
2011-06-22 22:58 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 1:35 ` Matthew Finkel
2011-06-23 6:59 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-06-23 19:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 22:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 22:31 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 22:56 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-24 0:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-24 0:10 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-24 8:00 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-06-23 20:05 ` Yohan Pereira
2011-06-24 8:11 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-06-22 10:48 ` Daniel Pielmeier
2011-06-22 11:57 ` Alan McKinnon
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