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On Thursday 12 November 2009 16:13:46 Dale wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:09:13 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> >> Calculating dependencies... done! |
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> >> [ebuild R ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6 USE="acl alsa cups fam |
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> >> jpeg2k spell tiff (-arts) -avahi -bindist -branding -debug -doc |
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> >> -kdehiddenvisibility -kerberos -legacyssl -lua -openexr -utempter" 0 kB |
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> >> [1] |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >> So, portage is ignoring my USE flags. Do I need a hammer for this to |
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> >> work? Is this me or what? I'm confused. |
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> > |
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> > The arts use flag has been masked, that why it is parenthesised. |
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> > |
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> > % grep arts /usr/portage/profiles/base/use.mask |
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> > # Mask USE arts. Deprecated. Remove this entry when kdelibs-3 is out of |
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> > tree. |
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> > arts |
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> > |
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> > You need to add -arts to /etc/portage/profile/use.mask |
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> While I was searching with Google, it is said this can be gotten rid of |
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> which I don't mind doing. As long as the sound works, which others says |
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> it does, then I'm fine without it. When I disable it, or remove it from |
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> make.conf, it won't re-emerge anything when I run emerge -uvDN world. |
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> The key part being the -N of course. |
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arts was a disgusting piece of crap that never should have been suffered to |
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live. You never needed it then and you certainly don't need it now. It's been |
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abandoned for many years now (at least 4?) |
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> Anyway, I don't have that file so do I just create it? Is it sort of |
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> like a package.unmask file? |
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Yes. It's your locally defined USE flag mask, identical in purpose to the one |
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the devs place into your profile |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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