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On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:52:44 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: |
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> > Couldn't you have achieved the same with less effort with |
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> > USE="-symlink" emerge world -blah |
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> Yes (qualified yes), but |
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> 1) I'm training myself out of changing USE flags on the command line |
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> (though it would have been OK in this case, the reason I have a general |
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> policy is to keep to it, not except it :-) ) |
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Changing USE flags on the commands line generally is frowned uponi |
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because the effect is transient, only affecting that one emerge. But this |
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is exactly what is needed in this case. |
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> =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.13-r5 -symlink |
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> is actually valid, which is useful information, enabling me to turn the |
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> USE flag off for just this one emerge, without disturbing later kernels |
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> for which I want to keep the 'symlink' flag default enabled. |
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Except it's not really "just this one emerge" but all emerges of that |
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package and version, although the two are likely to coincide. |
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> So yes, it would have been easier to do it the way you say, but I find |
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> taking unexpected opportunities to explore the capabilities of Portage |
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> more valuable than doing things the easy way (sometimes). |
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Fair comment. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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