On 19 January 2012 17:38, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hilco Wijbenga wrote: >> On 19 January 2012 16:05, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Well, the USE flag got changed. Isn't that what -N is supposed to do? >> >> -N == --newuse not --changed-use :-) >> >> It's exactly for this reason that I use --changed-use and not >> --newuse. See the man page for the details. >> >> > > > Well, sort of seems like about the same. The dev changed the USE flag, > it is changed, portage sees it was changed, portage wants to recompile > it with the new/changed flags. > > I'm not exactly clear on the difference between newuse and changed-use. > If you enable a USE flag, it is changed. If you disable a USE flag, it > is changed. If a new flag comes along and it is different than the last > install, then it can be either a new flag or a changed flag. It should > recompile either way.
The point here is that a USE flag was removed but it wasn't enabled anyway. So no recompile necessary. Which is what --changed-use is supposed to be for (as I understand the man page). > Maybe there is some subtle difference somewhere that I am missing. Which is why I included what it says in the man page and then referred you to said man page... ;-)
