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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o, "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --autounmask-keep-keywords option (bug 622480)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 00:37:45
Message-Id: 2495636f-e6b7-f885-e6d6-9b37aeb906ab@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --autounmask-keep-keywords option (bug 622480) by "M. J. Everitt"
1 On 08/13/2017 05:23 PM, M. J. Everitt wrote:
2 > On 14/08/17 01:19, Zac Medico wrote [excerpted]:
3 >> You'll get the same result as --autounmask-use-only if you use
4 >> --autounmask-keep-keywords together with --autounmask-keep-masks.
5 >>
6 >> This way, we can also add --autounmask-keep-license and
7 >> --autounmask-keep-use options if we want, and the meaning is very easy
8 >> to explain. The meaning of --autounmask-use-only would have required
9 >> more explanation, since it allowed license changes in addition to USE
10 >> changes.
11 > I guess that's the more flexible option, and logical to all users of all
12 > locales ;)
13 >
14 > Does portage ignore missing command-line options, if I set them in my
15 > make.conf in anticipation!?!?!
16
17 No, unrecognized options are a fatal error. That's intentional, because
18 having your settings ignored can harmful in some situations.
19
20 > Thanks for the clear explanation, extra coding, and look forward to the
21 > push to 'live' :)
22
23 It's released in portage-2.3.7, so you can try it now.
24 --
25 Thanks,
26 Zac