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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE=
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:20:19
Message-Id: 20160414001954.3faf0eda@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: confessions of a former USE= by Marc Joliet
1 On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:37:51 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote:
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3 > >> That would be a useful addition to eix-test-obsolete, unless it's
4 > >> already there and I missed it.
5 > >
6 > >It certainly would. I've just tried to find it in man eix and
7 > >couldn't, but there's a lot in there.
8 > >
9 > >I'm going through my /etc/portage/package.use/ now (forgot about that
10 > >yesterday) and I've come across a few flags which don't exist any more.
11 > >As with the flags in my make.conf, I'm able to simply delete most of
12 > >what I had in package.use/ and the process is going quickly.
13 >
14 > portpeek -s can be used for checking package.use (but not make.conf).
15 > I use it in addition to eix-test-obsolete.
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17 That looks useful, thanks.
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21 Neil Bothwick
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23 Top Oxymorons Number 6: Pretty ugly