> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:26:54 -0700
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about updating /etc/portage/package.use
> From: markkne...@gmail.com
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
>
> Also, what version of portage are you using?
>
> Note that I've never seen this message and other than adds and deletes
> haven't changed my package.use file in I don't know how long.
>
> - Mark
>
dispatch-conf should show what it wants to change, or you can go in
/etc/portage and look for a file named ._cfgXXXX to see what it wants to change
it to manually
