Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=

[Dale]

Marc Joliet wrote:
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> On Wednesday 13 April 2016 15:16:56 »Q« wrote:
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> >On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:14:28 +0100
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> >Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
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> >> On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:00:54 -0500, »Q« wrote:
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> >> > > I don't mind this so much, as when flags become deprecated and
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> >> > > there is no notification, or a tool, to ferret out such
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> >> > > dead-flags....
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> >> >
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> >> > I should qualify that -- a lot of the descriptions suck, not all of
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> >> > them. When in doubt, I let the profile decide.
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> >> >
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> >> > I think app-portage/ufed automagicly gets rid of dead flags
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> >> > whenever it saves make.conf.
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> >> That would be a useful addition to eix-test-obsolete, unless it's
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> >> already there and I missed it.
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> >It certainly would. I've just tried to find it in man eix and
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> >couldn't, but there's a lot in there.
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> >I'm going through my /etc/portage/package.use/ now (forgot about that
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> >yesterday) and I've come across a few flags which don't exist any more.
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> >As with the flags in my make.conf, I'm able to simply delete most of
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> >what I had in package.use/ and the process is going quickly.
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> portpeek -s can be used for checking package.use (but not make.conf).
> I use it in addition to eix-test-obsolete.
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> HTH
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> --
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> Marc Joliet
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> --
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> "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who
> know we
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> don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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May I ask where portpeek comes from?  I don't have it installed here. 

Thanks.

Dale

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