From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S8Vse-0007Wo-7i for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:03:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CF905E0BC5 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:03:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC608E081E for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vx0-f181.google.com ([209.85.220.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S8TCp-001Hdk-OI for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:12:15 +0700 Received: by vcge1 with SMTP id e1so4891197vcg.40 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:12:11 -0700 (PDT) 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 Received: by 10.52.97.225 with SMTP id ed1mr1238201vdb.55.1331889131811; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:12:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.58.200 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:12:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1331888043.24594.0@numa-i> References: <1331888043.24594.0@numa-i> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:12:11 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] decrypt a use flag - how to From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: aa14a55e-2c99-4444-99c3-d5658d059445 X-Archives-Hash: 126b53b6ec02c9fc33f2b01ca886c5da On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 15:54, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > when I do > > emerge -vp sys-libs/glibc > > I see the use flag =C2=A0 =C2=A0(-nls%*) > What are these special characters '(' '%' and '*' about? > man emerge contains the complete information, search for "%" ;-) But, in a nutshell: The parens ( ) mean the flag's state (enabled/disabled) is forced by the profile in use. The "%" means there's a change of the flag (the flag gets deleted, or forced, or a new flag) The "*" means the flag's state has transitioned (enabled-->disabled or vice versa) In your case, I'd say the explanation would be: The nls flag for that package was previously enabled (perhaps globally), but now it's forced to be disabled by the profile. CMIIW Rgds, --=20 FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 LOPSA Member #15248 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan