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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Add more local USE flags
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:09:11
Message-Id: 4BA42E34.1090306@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Add more local USE flags by Thomas Kahle
1 On 03/19/2010 06:31 AM, Thomas Kahle wrote:
2 > On 03/19/2010 02:06 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 >> On Thursday 18 March 2010 09:17:43 Thomas Kahle wrote:
4 >>>> use.local.desc is automatically generated from metadata.xml files, so
5 >>>> it's the same thing
6 >>>
7 >>> And this will soon be properly documented:
8 >>> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309963
9 >>
10 >> funny, it's in my `man portage` and has been for a while
11 >
12 > I must admit that I did not look there (I tend to use internet search),
13 > but it is also not in my current manpage (=sys-apps/portage-2.1.7.17)
14 >
15 >
16 > use.local.desc
17 >
18 > All local USE flags must be listed here along with the package and a
19 > description.
20 >
21 > Format:
22 > - comments begin with # (no inline comments)
23 > - package:use flag - description
24 >
25 >
26 > Not a word of metadata.xml or auto-generation.
27
28 I'm not sure what Mike meant, but after seeing his message I went
29 and updated the man page:
30
31 http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage/main/trunk/man/portage.5?r1=15795&r2=15834&makepatch=1&diff_format=h
32 --
33 Thanks,
34 Zac