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> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:26:54 -0700 |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use |
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> From: markknecht@×××××.com |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> >> I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got... |
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> >> |
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> >> ==================================================================== |
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> >> * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use' needs updating. |
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> >> * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge |
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> >> * man page to learn how to update config files. |
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> >> |
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> > <SNIP> |
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> >> I read that section of the emerge man page, and it talks about |
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> >> CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK. The tone of the message seems |
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> >> to indicate there is something wrong with my /etc/portage/package.use |
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> >> file. But I can't figure out what the problem is. Can somebody please |
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> >> explain it in plain English? |
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> >> |
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> >> -- |
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> >> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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> >> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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> >> |
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> > Post package.use please. |
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> > |
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> > Cheers, |
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> > Mark |
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> Also, what version of portage are you using? |
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> Note that I've never seen this message and other than adds and deletes |
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> haven't changed my package.use file in I don't know how long. |
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> - Mark |
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dispatch-conf should show what it wants to change, or you can go in /etc/portage and look for a file named ._cfgXXXX to see what it wants to change it to manually |
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