Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Doubt about FLAG use
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:02:31
Message-Id: 4810F562.9040104@genestate.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Doubt about FLAG use by Net Warrior
1 Net Warrior wrote:
2 > Well, after all I'm confused after reading the thread.
3 >
4 > Should I use this or not ? *USE="-ipv6 -ftp" emerge -av mplayer*
5 >
6 > Thanks for your time and support.
7 > Greets
8
9 Only if you want your system setup to change every time you install or
10 re-install a package. Using that line as you have given it will mean
11 your system will NEVER remember how you like your packages installed.
12
13 99.999% of people want to keep their setups, and consequently use the
14 /etc/portage/package.use file
15
16 HTH
17
18 Matt Harrison
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