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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage suggestion
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:46:16
Message-Id: 200402131245.59023.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Portage suggestion by Timo Lindemann
1 On Friday 13 February 2004 07:24 am, Timo Lindemann wrote:
2 > Everytime I install a Gentoo on a system, I curse and scream about one of
3 > the major flaws in portage.
4 > OK,
5 > that would be too much for
6 > portage to know, but the USE is ignored anyway.
7
8 use /etc/portage/package.mask and dont complain when you try to emerge
9 something that *needs* that package to build
10 -mike