On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:31:40 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> > autounmask is set by default, you need to explicitly set it to off.  

> is it invisibly on then? I don't have it in make.conf and it's not in 
> FEATURES:

Apparently so, as it doesn't show up in emerge --info here either.

> > > 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.  
> 
> Hmmmmmmmmmmm, still sounds like something that should be banned. For 
> me at least.

Too right, we can't have software telling us what needs to be done to
install it! What will we use Google for now?


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Neil Bothwick

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