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From: Calvin Walton <calvin.walton@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags question
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 19:50:48
Message-Id: 5c751a230605311219r3ec49092k84f9603ac4bdc725@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] USE flags question by "Anthony E. Caudel"
1 On 5/31/06, Anthony E. Caudel <acaudel@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Am I correct in thinking that USE flags in
3 > /etc/portage/profiles/use.desc are global flags and should be placed in
4 > /etc/make.conf whereas those in use.local.desc are only local flags and
5 > should only be placed in /etc/portage/package.use with the appropriate
6 > package?
7 >
8 > Tony
9
10 To tell the truth, you can put either kind of use flag in either file.
11 The difference is what you want to apply the flag to.
12
13 If you want only a single package to have a "global" use flag set
14 differently from the rest of the system, you put it in package.use. If
15 you see a "local" flag that might later be used by other packages, or
16 is used by multiple packages, you might want to put it in make.conf.
17 --
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