Re: [gentoo-user] Portage option "--changed-use" not working?

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
> On 19 January 2012 17:38, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
>>> On 19 January 2012 16:05, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Well, the USE flag got changed.  Isn't that what -N is supposed to do?
>>>
>>> -N == --newuse not --changed-use :-)
>>>
>>> It's exactly for this reason that I use --changed-use and not
>>> --newuse. See the man page for the details.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Well, sort of seems like about the same.  The dev changed the USE flag,
>> it is changed, portage sees it was changed, portage wants to recompile
>> it with the new/changed flags.
>>
>> I'm not exactly clear on the difference between newuse and changed-use.
>>  If you enable a USE flag, it is changed.  If you disable a USE flag, it
>> is changed.  If a new flag comes along and it is different than the last
>> install, then it can be either a new flag or a changed flag.  It should
>> recompile either way.
> 
> The point here is that a USE flag was removed but it wasn't enabled
> anyway. So no recompile necessary. Which is what --changed-use is
> supposed to be for (as I understand the man page).
> 
>> Maybe there is some subtle difference somewhere that I am missing.
> 
> Which is why I included what it says in the man page and then referred
> you to said man page... ;-)
> 
> 


Well, when I did mine, it showed up as a change.  It was in yellow.
Maybe your system was different or something.

Most man pages are Greek.  My Greek is not real good.

Dale

:-)  :-)

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