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From: "»Q«" <boxcars@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage option "--changed-use" not working?
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:24:33
Message-Id: 20120121202318.48187885@fuchsia.remarqs.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage option "--changed-use" not working? by Alan McKinnon
1 On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:26:45 +0200
2 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > --changed-use is intended for cases like a flag you are not using at
5 > all goes away. Caveat: Even then it could still break in subtle ways
6 > with dodgy ebuilds. Caveat emptor.
7
8 Thanks for the points you've made about how removal of a flag a user
9 doesn't have enabled could still affect the user. I think I'll still
10 use --changed-use routinely and also periodically run an update with
11 --newuse.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage option "--changed-use" not working? Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage option "--changed-use" not working? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>