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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Chromium bloat
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On Saturday 27 February 2016 08:15:47 Daniel Frey wrote:
--->8
> The brackets mean the USE flag is forced, masked or removed.
>=20
> (if you want to jump to the section in `man emerge` search for () usi=
ng
> "/\(\)" as searching for verbose or -v shows results everywhere)

Actually, that search string failed in /usr/bin/most here, which I have=
 as=20
my MANPAGER. I just needed "/()".

> man emerge:
>=20
>        --verbose [ y | n ] (-v short option)
>               Tell  emerge  to run in verbose mode.  Currently this f=
lag
> causes emerge to print out GNU info errors, if any, and to show the U=
SE
> flags that will be used for each package when pretending. The followi=
ng
> symbols are affixed to USE
>               flags in order to indicate their status:
>=20
>               Symbol   Location    Meaning
>             =20
> =E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=
=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=
=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=
=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=
=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=
=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=
=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=
=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80
>=20
>               -        prefix      not enabled (either disabled or
> removed) *        suffix      transition to or from the enabled state=
 % =20
>      suffix      newly added or removed
>               ()       circumfix   forced, masked, or removed
>               {}       circumfix   state is bound to FEATURES setting=
s

So it is - thanks. I wonder how I missed it the first time. Anno Domini=
 is at=20
work again.

--=20
Rgds
Peter