Re: [gentoo-server] --update use flags?

[Marius Mauch]

On 04/15/05  Devraj Mukherjee wrote:

> I am bit unsure about what happens with the USE flags when we run
> emerge --udpate package. I am quite sure that the answer is "yes" but
> I wanted to run it past someone before I update PHP on a live server I
> manage.
>
> Does emerge --update package, use the same USE flags as when I would
> have initially run USE="something or other" and then "emerge package"?

Yes and no. It will use the same USE flags, however your example doesn't
work in the first place:
`USE=foo emerge bar` - bar is installed with USE=foo
`USE=foo; emerge bar` - bar is installed without USE=foo

Marius
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