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From:	Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Why is the introspection USE flag for glib being removed by emerge? (FIXED)
Date:	Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:00:59
Message-Id:	`yu9obzeu1to.fsf@nyu.edu`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Why is the introspection USE flag for glib being removed by emerge? by Allan Gottlieb

1	On Wed, Aug 24 2011, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
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3	> In package.use I have
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5	> dev-libs/glib introspection
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7	> However emerge is removing it.
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9	> emerge --ignore-default-opts -pv =dev-libs/glib-9999::gnome
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11	> [ebuild R *] dev-libs/glib-9999 USE="static-libs -debug -doc -fam (-introspection) (-selinux) -test -xattr" 0 kB [1]
12	>
13	> Can someone tell me why it is being removed and how to prevent the
14	> removal?
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16	It was removed by the profile. The fix is to add
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18	dev-libs/glib -introspection
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20	to
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22	/etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask
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24	allan