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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:02:39
Message-Id: 20121018020049.GA17121@waltdnes.org
1 I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got...
2
3 ====================================================================
4 * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use' needs updating.
5 * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
6 * man page to learn how to update config files.
7
8 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
9
10 Calculating dependencies... done!
11 [ebuild U ] sys-devel/gnuconfig-20120818 [20120116]
12 [ebuild U ] dev-libs/expat-2.1.0-r2 [2.1.0]
13 [ebuild U ] media-libs/libpng-1.5.13-r1 [1.5.10]
14 [ebuild U ] virtual/libffi-3.0.11 [0]
15 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/gobject-introspection-common-1.32.1
16 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/elfutils-0.149 USE="bzip2 zlib -lzma -nls"
17 [ebuild U ] app-arch/zip-3.0-r1 [3.0] USE="-natspec%"
18 [ebuild U ] sys-apps/man-pages-3.42 [3.41]
19 [ebuild U ] dev-libs/libtasn1-2.13 [2.12]
20 [ebuild U ] app-text/dos2unix-6.0.1 [6.0]
21 [ebuild U ] dev-libs/glib-2.32.4-r1 [2.30.3]
22 [ebuild U ] x11-libs/pango-1.30.1 [1.29.4]
23 [ebuild U ] x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-2.26.4 [2.24.1-r1]
24 [ebuild U ] dev-libs/atk-2.4.0 [2.2.0]
25 [ebuild U ] media-video/mplayer-1.1-r1 [1.0_rc4_p20110322-r1] USE="iconv*"
26 [ebuild U ] gnome-extra/libgsf-1.14.23 [1.14.22] USE="-introspection%"
27 [ebuild U ] net-libs/gnutls-2.12.20 [2.12.18]
28 [ebuild U ] x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-3.4.0 [3.2.1.2]
29 [ebuild U ] gnome-base/librsvg-2.36.1 [2.34.2]
30 [ebuild U ] x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.12 [2.24.10-r1]
31 [i3][root][~]
32 ====================================================================
33
34 I read that section of the emerge man page, and it talks about
35 CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK. The tone of the message seems
36 to indicate there is something wrong with my /etc/portage/package.use
37 file. But I can't figure out what the problem is. Can somebody please
38 explain it in plain English?
39
40 --
41 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
42 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>