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

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