Re: [gentoo-user] Portage option "--changed-use" not working?

[Hilco Wijbenga]

On 19 January 2012 19:25, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
> Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
>> On 19 January 2012 17:38, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>>> Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
>>>> On 19 January 2012 16:05, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>>>>> Well, the USE flag got changed.  Isn't that what -N is supposed to do?
>>>>
>>>> -N == --newuse not --changed-use :-)
>>>>
>>>> It's exactly for this reason that I use --changed-use and not
>>>> --newuse. See the man page for the details.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, sort of seems like about the same.  The dev changed the USE flag,
>>> it is changed, portage sees it was changed, portage wants to recompile
>>> it with the new/changed flags.
>>>
>>> I'm not exactly clear on the difference between newuse and changed-use.
>>>  If you enable a USE flag, it is changed.  If you disable a USE flag, it
>>> is changed.  If a new flag comes along and it is different than the last
>>> install, then it can be either a new flag or a changed flag.  It should
>>> recompile either way.
>>
>> The point here is that a USE flag was removed but it wasn't enabled
>> anyway. So no recompile necessary. Which is what --changed-use is
>> supposed to be for (as I understand the man page).
>>
>>> Maybe there is some subtle difference somewhere that I am missing.
>>
>> Which is why I included what it says in the man page and then referred
>> you to said man page... ;-)
>>
>>
>
>
> Well, when I did mine, it showed up as a change.  It was in yellow.
> Maybe your system was different or something.

Nope, same here. And obviously there was a change: a flag was removed.
But, again, my understanding of --changed-use (as opposed to --newuse)
is that it should have prevented the reinstall.

> Most man pages are Greek.  My Greek is not real good.

:-) I don't think they're quite that bad although I agree that you
sometimes sort of already need to know where to look.