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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: how to prevent portage from installing masked package
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2018 23:49:09
Message-Id: 20181007004854.5132318b@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: how to prevent portage from installing masked package by John Covici
1 On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 18:51:11 -0400, John Covici wrote:
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3 > > With USE="atk-bridge adwaita-icon-theme" this "breakage" will not
4 > > happen.
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6 > However -adwaita-icon-theme is followed by % -- does this not mean it
7 > cannot be modified by the user?
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9 No, it means the flag is "newly added or removed", parentheses indicate a
10 masked flag.
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14 Neil Bothwick
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16 We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.

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[gentoo-user] Re: how to prevent portage from installing masked package Martin Vaeth <martin@×××××.de>