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On Wed, 31 May 2006 12:01:05 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: |
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> the problem before was an incomplete understanding of how the USE Flags |
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> worked, and a mis-understanding of some advice that I was given. The |
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> procedure that I used last time was: |
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> rebuild the kernel |
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Fine |
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> Set use to USE="-*" |
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Aaargh! |
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> Emerge -e world |
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Unnecessary, but normally harmless. |
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> That procedure with the USE flags is what killed me. |
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Yes. Some USE flags are required, such as readline. |
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> What I should have |
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> done -- it now appears was to set use to blank (or comment it out) and |
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> allow it to use the base flags from the profile. |
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Yes, and then remove USE flags a few at a time, with USE="-xxx -yyy -zzz" |
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and recompile to see the effect. |
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> But trying to |
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> recompile from base with all use flags specifically excluded is what |
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> began to break stuff |
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You may have been able to recover by booting from the live CD, chrooting |
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into the system and rebuilding with fixed USE flags, but the system may |
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have been to hosed to allow this. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Beware of low-flying butterflies. |