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| author |   Mark Loeser <halcy0n@gentoo.org> | 2008-03-31 20:55:31 -0400 |
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| committer | Mark Loeser <halcy0n@gentoo.org> | 2008-03-31 20:55:31 -0400 |
| commit | 44201269ab1b32ea65ec67b2280576191e1180d2 (patch) | |
| tree | 2fd428ebcfaacb90460b8ef8b1e4794216110f4d /profiles.tex | |
| parent | Fix a couple of thinkos. (diff) | |
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Document the package.use file; this fixes bug #178092
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diff --git a/profiles.tex b/profiles.tex index 304bd46..241cd17 100644 --- a/profiles.tex +++ b/profiles.tex @@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ considered to be provided by the system regardless of whether it is actually ins has severe adverse effects on USE-based and slot-based dependencies, its use is strongly deprecated and package manager support must be regarded as purely optional. +\subsection{package.use} +The \t{package.use} file may be used by the package manager to override the default USE flags specified +by \t{make.defaults} on a per package basis. The format is to have a package dependency specification, +and then a space delimited list of USE flags to enable. A USE flag in the form of \t{-flag} indicates +that the package should have the USE flag disabled. The package dependency specification is limited to +the forms defined by \t{EAPI 0}. + \subsection{USE masking and forcing} \label{use-masking} This section covers the four files \t{use.mask}, \t{use.force}, \t{package.use.mask} and |