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On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:36:22 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> > That would be unworkable as flags are added or removed. It would also |
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> > override and changes to the defaults without your knowing why. Get |
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> > into the habit of using -av with emerge. You'll son see when you need |
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> > to make changes to the flags. |
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> I prefer to start off USE in /etc/make.conf with "-*", and then |
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> explicitly list the flags I want turned on. I also control a few |
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> packages with /etc/portage/package.use. This combines to give me full |
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> control over what's going on... that's the Gentoo spirit. |
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You could be adversely affected by missing new flags or when flags change |
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names. I prefer to explicitly specify the flags I know I do or do not want |
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and leave the rest to their defaults. |
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emerge -uavDN world warns me iof there have been any changes affecting |
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my installed packages. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Earlier, I didn't have time to finish anything. This time I w |
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