On Wed, 31 May 2006 12:01:05 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: > the problem before was an incomplete understanding of how the USE Flags > worked, and a mis-understanding of some advice that I was given. The > procedure that I used last time was: > > rebuild the kernel
Fine > Set use to USE="-*" Aaargh! > Emerge -e world Unnecessary, but normally harmless. > That procedure with the USE flags is what killed me. Yes. Some USE flags are required, such as readline. > What I should have > done -- it now appears was to set use to blank (or comment it out) and > allow it to use the base flags from the profile. Yes, and then remove USE flags a few at a time, with USE="-xxx -yyy -zzz" and recompile to see the effect. > But trying to > recompile from base with all use flags specifically excluded is what > began to break stuff You may have been able to recover by booting from the live CD, chrooting into the system and rebuilding with fixed USE flags, but the system may have been to hosed to allow this. -- Neil Bothwick Beware of low-flying butterflies.
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