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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Revisions for USE flag changes
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 01:00:07
Message-Id: 6912b3d6-4d66-ef99-223c-5892549b571e@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Revisions for USE flag changes by Brian Evans
1 On 08/11/2017 08:45 PM, Brian Evans wrote:
2 >
3 > I disagree about removing --newuse and --changed-use from portage.
4 > This is not their only use.
5 >
6 > If you happen to change the effective use system wide, USE= in make.conf
7 > for portage, these options scan the entire system for such changes.
8 >
9
10 Does --changed-use help there? I can see the argument for --newuse, but
11 I thought --changed-use only applied to flags that were added or removed
12 to installed packages (which becomes impossible, if we require new
13 revisions).

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Revisions for USE flag changes Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Revisions for USE flag changes Brian Evans <grknight@g.o>