On Wednesday 17 May 2006 23:48, Jonathan Chocron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] New USE Flags, Emerge -e world --> Broken systems -- PLEASE HELP': > Le Mercredi 17 Mai 2006 18:01, Jeremy Olexa a écrit : > > I would start with the defaults, eg. leave USE="" (blank) in make.conf > > and then start editing package.use to modify them from there. type > > emerge --info to see ALL of the use flags that are being used > > Yes, USE="" is a good start. However, one has to take into account that > portage adds use flags while going through the emerge process. For > example, if you install mysql in order to use it with amaroK, mysql > would, after that emerge be turned on as a global useflag.
Actually, there was some noise about this and I believe it (auto-USE) has gone away. It was confusing to new users and poorly documented. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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