On Sunday 01 October 2006 22:36, Ryan Tandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Portage parenthesis': > The parentheses denote flags that are masked by your profile, e.g. > selinux is only available on the selinux profile. Some > hardware-specific flags have this as well, e.g. altivec is masked on > non-ppc profiles.
Also, while in those examples, the masked flag is forced OFF, flags can also be forced ON by the profile, e.g. the multilib flag. -- "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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