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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using package.use
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 16:08:38
Message-Id: 200805041808.09529.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Using package.use by reader@newsguy.com
1 On Sunday 04 May 2008, reader@×××××××.com wrote:
2 > In man portage I see examples of using package.use
3 >
4 > Its listed with address /etc/portage/package.use and shows usage
5 > like this:
6 >
7 > some/package:useflag (to add a specific use flag)
8 >
9 > I want to subtract a use flag so trying:
10 >
11 > (tried with and without quotes just in case the dash (-) was not
12 > acceptable unquoted:
13 >
14 > net-analyzer/tcpdump:"-samba"
15
16 It's
17
18 net-analyser/tcpdump -samba
19 ^
20 no colon
21 space present
22 no quotes
23
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25 Alan McKinnon
26 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
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