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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: why is a line in /usr/portage/profiles/base/package.use.mask ignored?
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 02:22:55
Message-Id: pan$cbb84$aa5879bb$78732c97$b6418e60@cox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] why is a line in /usr/portage/profiles/base/package.use.mask ignored? by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:00:57 +0200 as excerpted:
2
3 > Why are you messing around with the profile anyway, when all the
4 > available documentation in many many places tells you to set your chosen
5 > USE for specific packages in package.use?
6
7 I believe you missed his email address, @gentoo.org. =8^0
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9 IOW, he's a dev, trying to actually set a profile setting for others.
10 But his own testing says it's not working, thus the question (for which
11 bkohler has provided an answer).
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13 /That/ is why he's messing with the profile, instead of setting his
14 chosen USE for that package in package.use. =:^)
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16 --
17 Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs.
18 "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
19 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: why is a line in /usr/portage/profiles/base/package.use.mask ignored? Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>