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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:20:45
Message-Id: CAK2H+efm8MeTQG1_=rFgaQK988WS7hdxUXpRWgBE5+0M3z_DwA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use by Walter Dnes
1 On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got...
3 >
4 > ====================================================================
5 > * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use' needs updating.
6 > * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
7 > * man page to learn how to update config files.
8 >
9 <SNIP>
10 > I read that section of the emerge man page, and it talks about
11 > CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK. The tone of the message seems
12 > to indicate there is something wrong with my /etc/portage/package.use
13 > file. But I can't figure out what the problem is. Can somebody please
14 > explain it in plain English?
15 >
16 > --
17 > Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
18 > I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
19 >
20
21 Post package.use please.
22
23 Cheers,
24 Mark

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