[ale] emerge help

[wes smith]

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> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:01:18 -0500
> From: Lawrence Hamblin <infinity.d2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ale] emerge help
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
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> Another way of updating those config files is to enter the command
> dispatch-conf after you do an emerge.  That will run through every config
> file to be updated and show you what would be changed: a line starting with
> a plus sign would be added to the existing file, and one starting with a
> minus sign would be deleted from it.  You can then decide whether to use
> the new file or "zap" (delete) it.
>
> Dispatch-conf comes in handy if you have your CONFIG_PROTECT in make.conf
> set to "/etc", which is what I have on my system.
>
> -Lawrence
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:34 AM, rhia <rhiannen at atlantacon.org> wrote:
>
> > Chris
> >
> > Pre-coffee, so hopefully coherent-ish enough.
> >
> >
> > Edit /etc/portage/package.keywords and add the line
> > =sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3 ~x86
> >
> > Edit /etc/portage/package.mask and add the line
> > =sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3
> >
> >
> > For "Use eselect news to read news items" enter at the prompt:
> >  eselect news read new
> > (Never know, it might actually be relevant to what you're doing.)
> >
> > Then emerge sys-devel/gettext again
> >
> >
> > rhia
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 10:57 -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > > I'm new at gentoo and I'm messing with rebuilding sysrescuecd with some
> > > apps.
> > >
> > > I'm getting this output
> > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > sysresccd portage # emerge sys-devel/gettext
> > >
> > >  * IMPORTANT: 5 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
> > >  * Use eselect news to read news items.
> > >
> > >
> > >  * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.keywords' needs
> > > updating.
> > >  * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
> > >  * man page to learn how to update config files.
> > > Calculating dependencies... done!
> > > [ebuild  N    #] sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3  USE="acl cxx git nls
> > > openmp -doc -emacs -java -static-libs"
> > >
> > > The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed:
> > > #required by sys-devel/gettext (argument)
> > > >=sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3 ~x86
> > >
> > > The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
> > > #required by sys-devel/gettext (argument)
> > > # /etc/portage/package.mask:
> > > # fix problems
> > > >=sys-devel/gettext-0.18.1.1-r3
> > >
> > > NOTE: This --autounmask behavior can be disabled by setting
> > >       EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask=n" in make.conf.
> > >
> > > Use --autounmask-write to write changes to config files (honoring
> > > CONFIG_PROTECT).
> > >
> > >  * IMPORTANT: 5 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
> > >  * Use eselect news to read news items.
> > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Maybe a translation of what I need to do :)
>

I've always used etc-update, merges trivial config files automagically, and
allows you to merge only selected parts of the updated .cfg0000*.
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