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On 14/06/2014 16:31, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> Thanks Alan, but... |
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> On 6/14/2014 10:16 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 14/06/2014 15:30, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>>> This clearly shows the -openrc USE flag being applied. |
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>> You read it wrong. The USE flag is not being applied it's being removed |
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>> (the minus "-"), |
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> Well, I did include the hyphen(-), so I meant in the negative (removed) |
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> sense. |
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>> and the reason it is being removed is that it doesn't exist for the |
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>> new ebuild. That's what the parenthesis means. |
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> Ah... ok, I'd forgotten about the significance of the ()... |
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> But... |
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>>> Googling didn't reveal an answer... |
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>> It's in the emerge man page. If not there, is one of the man pages from |
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>> portage |
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> Ok, that explains the meaning of the (), but doesn't explain this |
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> *change* satisfactorily (to a non-coder at least)... |
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This has already been answered by others, but to summarize: |
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The reason it is not obvious is that the answer is not in the output, |
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the output only gives a summary of what is to be done. |
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The answer is *always" in the ebuild and Changelog. |
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Sometimes it's on Google too, but that is unreliable. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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