Re: [gentoo-user] the nsplugin use flag

[Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>]

At Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:27:09 +0200 Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@online.de> wrote:

> Am Samstag, 21. Juli 2007 schrieb Allan Gottlieb:
>
>> echo "dev-java/blackdown-jre nsplugin" >>
>> /etc/make.profile/package.use.mask echo "dev-java/blackdown-jdk nsplugin"
>> >> /etc/make.profile/package.use.mask echo "dev-java/blackdown-java3d-bin
>> nsplugin" >> /etc/make.profile/package.use.mask
>
> No. /etc/make.profile is a softlink into the portage tree. What ever you 
> change there will be overwritten when you sync the tree next time. The 
> correct file is /etc/portage/package.use and the entry should be
>
> dev-java/blackdown-jdk -nsplugin
>
> And, this is only needed when you use this package. As long as it's not 
> installed on your system, you don't even need to worry.

Thank you.  I was fooled by "man portage", but I should have know
better.  That is, I knew full well, but forgot, that /usr/profile is
temporary and that user changes should be make in /etc/portage.
Should I file a bug with proposed extra words for the beginning of the
"portage" man page?

thanks again,
allan
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