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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes: |
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>> I tried the later like so: |
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>> /etc/portage/package.use/app-editors/emacs-vcs |
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>> where emacs-vcs contains: |
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>> emacs-vcs Xaw3d athena gnutls imagemagick toolkit-scroll-bars |
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>> and this way: |
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>> >=app-editors/emacs-vcs-25.0.50_pre20150731 Xaw3d athena gnutls imagemagick toolkit-scroll-bars |
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>> But when I attempt emerging... the USE flags do not reflect those |
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>> choices and shows and error: |
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>> --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.use/app-editors/emacs-vcs: |
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>> >=app-editors/emacs-vcs |
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>> So what is the correct format? |
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> Both your above are completely wrong. The docs clearly and unambiguously |
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> say the exact format inside the file is identical whether you use a |
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> package.use file, or any old arb filename you want inside a package.use/ |
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> directory |
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> You have not done this, you have let your confused brain override what |
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> your eyes can clearly see, and have invented something new to do that is |
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> not in the docs. Tut, tut. |
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> Read the docs again and do what they say. |
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Yes indeed... thanks |
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wraeth <wraeth@×××××××××.au> writes: |
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> I'd already typed up this response when I saw the one from Alan come |
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> in; figured I'd send it anyway - two responses that essentially agree |
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> are better than one, right? |
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> Create a file within the package.use directory, named whatever seems |
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> reasonable to you, and put the contents: |
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> app-editors/emacs-vcs Xaw3d athena gnutls imagemagick toolkit-scroll-bars |
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> Enter a single package atom followed by any use flag changes - flag |
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> name to enable, minus flag name to disable. In case the above example |
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> wrapped, keep the package atom and the flags on a single line. |
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> As far as I'm aware, you can't nest files within subdirectories of |
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> package.use, and the man page doesn't mention version ranges - it's |
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> example is an exact atom (=) and wildcards (see portage(5) man page). |
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Very helpful... thank you. I've got it going now. |
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