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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "sys-libs/glibc[crypt(+)]" is soft blocking sys-libs/libxcrypt
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2022 17:39:28
Message-Id: 20220403183906.43d4caf7@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] "sys-libs/glibc[crypt(+)]" is soft blocking sys-libs/libxcrypt by Arve Barsnes
1 On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 19:07:30 +0200, Arve Barsnes wrote:
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3 > > > This file is for setting or unsetting USE flags on a package.
4 > > > To "mask the system USE flag" on libxcrypt you would put this in
5 > > > /etc/portage/package.use.mask:
6 > > > sys-libs/libxcrypt system
7 > >
8 > > Shouldn't that be /etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask?
9 > >
10 > >
11 > I guess so. I've never used it, but refer to the portage man page to
12 > confirm.
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14 I did - before posting and making a fool of myself ;-)
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18 Neil Bothwick
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20 Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.