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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] ephemeral keyword override?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:03:23
Message-Id: 20171003160306.fmhxeqwwfyh4wicp@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
1 When I'm thinking about installing a package, I can say
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3 USE='foo' emerge -p some-cat/some-package
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5 to see what would happen, without changing any /etc files. Is there a
6 similar way to specify a keyword override, without changing
7 /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords? Something along the lines of
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9 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS='<=some-cat/some-package-9999 ~amd64' \
10 USE='foo' emerge -p some-cat/some-package
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12 or am I dreaming?
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Re: [gentoo-user] ephemeral keyword override? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>