Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> writes: [...]
>> I tried the later like so: >> /etc/portage/package.use/app-editors/emacs-vcs >> where emacs-vcs contains: >> >> emacs-vcs Xaw3d athena gnutls imagemagick toolkit-scroll-bars >> >> and this way: >> >> >=app-editors/emacs-vcs-25.0.50_pre20150731 Xaw3d athena gnutls >> imagemagick toolkit-scroll-bars >> >> But when I attempt emerging... the USE flags do not reflect those >> choices and shows and error: >> >> --- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.use/app-editors/emacs-vcs: >> >=app-editors/emacs-vcs >> >> So what is the correct format? > > > Both your above are completely wrong. The docs clearly and unambiguously > say the exact format inside the file is identical whether you use a > package.use file, or any old arb filename you want inside a package.use/ > directory > > You have not done this, you have let your confused brain override what > your eyes can clearly see, and have invented something new to do that is > not in the docs. Tut, tut. > Read the docs again and do what they say. Yes indeed... thanks wraeth <wra...@wraeth.id.au> writes: > I'd already typed up this response when I saw the one from Alan come > in; figured I'd send it anyway - two responses that essentially agree > are better than one, right? [...] > Create a file within the package.use directory, named whatever seems > reasonable to you, and put the contents: > > app-editors/emacs-vcs Xaw3d athena gnutls imagemagick toolkit-scroll-bars > > Enter a single package atom followed by any use flag changes - flag > name to enable, minus flag name to disable. In case the above example > wrapped, keep the package atom and the flags on a single line. > > As far as I'm aware, you can't nest files within subdirectories of > package.use, and the man page doesn't mention version ranges - it's > example is an exact atom (=) and wildcards (see portage(5) man page). Very helpful... thank you. I've got it going now.
