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From: "Jörg Schaible" <joerg.schaible@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Howto unmask use flag
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 02:22:28
Message-Id: p21kcl$gi4$1@blaine.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Howto unmask use flag by "Jörg Schaible"
1 Found it. I have to create my own package.use.mask file in /etc/portage/profile that reverts the setting.
2
3 Am Thu, 28 Dec 2017 02:10:36 +0000 schrieb Jörg Schaible:
4
5 > Hi,
6 >
7 > how can I unmask a use flag masked in profiles/base/package.use.mask? If
8 > I set the flag for the package in / etc/portage/package.use it is simply
9 > ignored.
10 >
11 > Concrete example: My /etc/portage/package.use contains the line:
12 >
13 > dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin:9 doc gentoo-vm source
14 >
15 > However the flag 'gentoo-vm' is always ignored because it is masked in
16 > profiles/base/package.use.mask with the line:
17 >
18 > dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin:9 gentoo-vm
19 >
20 > What's the proper procedure to unmask the flag locally?
21 >
22 > (Yes, I know it is experimental and yes I know what I am doing with it.
23 > I already use eselect for older EA builds of Java 9 with 1.9 slot and
24 > new EA builds of Java 10 - just not the "official" Java 9 from the
25 > tree.)
26 >
27 > Cheers,
28 > Jörg

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