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From: gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Something strange with use flags
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 15:41:01
Message-Id: CA+t6X7cn2Z+vOU-G2SqFso682+9sewdEsqdU8etMazV7=piThQ@mail.gmail.com
1 After recent bug with changed Xorg-server suid use flag,
2 I became very suspicious about spontanеous use flag
3 shanges during system update and check them all.
4
5 Today, I noticed the following attemped to change use flags
6 in my Gentoo system during update:
7
8 # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=120 --ask world
9
10 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
11
12 Calculating dependencies... done!
13 [ebuild R ] dev-util/ninja-1.8.2 USE="(-zsh-completion%)"
14 [ebuild R ] media-video/ffmpeg-3.3.6 USE="(-celt%)"
15 [ebuild R ] media-video/vlc-3.0.4 USE="(-schroedinger%)"
16
17 The problem is that
18 $ equery uses ffmpeg
19 and
20 $ equery uses vlc
21 commands show no celt and schroedinger use flags at all.
22
23 Why?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Something strange with use flags "Corentin “Nado” Pazdera" <nado@××××××××××.be>