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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage option "--changed-use" not working?
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:26:45
Message-Id: 4F18DEAB.4070003@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Portage option "--changed-use" not working? by Hilco Wijbenga
1 Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
2 > On 19 January 2012 17:38, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
4 >>> On 19 January 2012 16:05, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
5 >>>> Well, the USE flag got changed. Isn't that what -N is supposed to do?
6 >>>
7 >>> -N == --newuse not --changed-use :-)
8 >>>
9 >>> It's exactly for this reason that I use --changed-use and not
10 >>> --newuse. See the man page for the details.
11 >>>
12 >>>
13 >>
14 >>
15 >> Well, sort of seems like about the same. The dev changed the USE flag,
16 >> it is changed, portage sees it was changed, portage wants to recompile
17 >> it with the new/changed flags.
18 >>
19 >> I'm not exactly clear on the difference between newuse and changed-use.
20 >> If you enable a USE flag, it is changed. If you disable a USE flag, it
21 >> is changed. If a new flag comes along and it is different than the last
22 >> install, then it can be either a new flag or a changed flag. It should
23 >> recompile either way.
24 >
25 > The point here is that a USE flag was removed but it wasn't enabled
26 > anyway. So no recompile necessary. Which is what --changed-use is
27 > supposed to be for (as I understand the man page).
28 >
29 >> Maybe there is some subtle difference somewhere that I am missing.
30 >
31 > Which is why I included what it says in the man page and then referred
32 > you to said man page... ;-)
33 >
34 >
35
36
37 Well, when I did mine, it showed up as a change. It was in yellow.
38 Maybe your system was different or something.
39
40 Most man pages are Greek. My Greek is not real good.
41
42 Dale
43
44 :-) :-)
45
46 --
47 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or
48 how you interpreted my words!
49
50 Miss the compile output? Hint:
51 EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"

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Re: [gentoo-user] Portage option "--changed-use" not working? Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@×××××.com>
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