From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JsgXi-0006Jj-4r for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 15:54:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B4EA9E03A4; Sun, 4 May 2008 15:54:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9131DE03A4 for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 15:54:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACFB66D27 for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 15:54:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.59 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.59 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.850, BAYES_20=-0.74, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Zhyj-n87kxwm for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 15:54:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77ADE64F0F for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 15:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JsgXU-0003uH-Fc for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 15:54:12 +0000 Received: from c-67-162-73-42.hsd1.il.comcast.net ([67.162.73.42]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 04 May 2008 15:54:12 +0000 Received: from reader by c-67-162-73-42.hsd1.il.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 04 May 2008 15:54:12 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: reader@newsguy.com Subject: [gentoo-user] Using package.use Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 10:54:04 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87hcdejc9v.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-162-73-42.hsd1.il.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:30MiKlntRiqs6IN1f04Fj1qyyEo= Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 2d2ce4fa-daa3-484f-b406-9b2b69a90e00 X-Archives-Hash: 62688651126ac041c1e912a58248d196 In man portage I see examples of using package.use Its listed with address /etc/portage/package.use and shows usage like this: some/package:useflag (to add a specific use flag) I want to subtract a use flag so trying: (tried with and without quotes just in case the dash (-) was not acceptable unquoted: net-analyzer/tcpdump:"-samba" net-analyzer/tcpdump:-samba Neither way appears to have an effect on emerge -vuDNp tcpdump It still comes up with positive samba use flag. And then when actual emerging is done, dire warnings are given about using `samba' use flag. I'd hoped to use package.use so as not to have to mess with tcpcump individualy. Is my syntax wrong or some other problem? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list