Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: "Thomas Rösner" <Thomas.Roesner@××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] amd64 (arch) specific useflags.
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:42:14
Message-Id: 459D3C8B.3020805@digital-trauma.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] amd64 (arch) specific useflags. by Martin Bergstrand
1 Martin Bergstrand wrote:
2 > On Thursday 04 January 2007 11:09 am, Thomas Rösner wrote:
3 >
4 >> Martin Bergstrand wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> How can I enable a USE flag, that is not available for amd64 for testing
7 >>> purposes?
8 >>>
9 >> man portage[Enter]
10 >> /package.use.force[Enter]
11 >> n
12 >>
13 >> Cursor up/down for scrolling ;-)
14 >>
15 >> Regards,
16 >> T.
17 >>
18 >
19 >
20 > Almost correct, but you got me in the right direction, thanks..
21 >
22 > package.use.force still will not bring in a use flag that has been masked by
23 > the profile, so you have to use use.mask an unmask the flag locally.
24 >
25
26 I never used it, and apparently misremembered, that's why I pointed you
27 to the source I knew it from :-).
28
29 Regards,
30 T.
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