On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > I ran "emerge -p --deep --update world" on a machine, and got... > > ==================================================================== > * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.use' needs updating. > * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge > * man page to learn how to update config files. > <SNIP> > I read that section of the emerge man page, and it talks about > CONFIG_PROTECT and CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK. The tone of the message seems > to indicate there is something wrong with my /etc/portage/package.use > file. But I can't figure out what the problem is. Can somebody please > explain it in plain English? > > -- > Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> > I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications >
Post package.use please. Cheers, Mark