On 08/13/2017 05:23 PM, M. J. Everitt wrote: > On 14/08/17 01:19, Zac Medico wrote [excerpted]: >> You'll get the same result as --autounmask-use-only if you use >> --autounmask-keep-keywords together with --autounmask-keep-masks. >> >> This way, we can also add --autounmask-keep-license and >> --autounmask-keep-use options if we want, and the meaning is very easy >> to explain. The meaning of --autounmask-use-only would have required >> more explanation, since it allowed license changes in addition to USE >> changes. > I guess that's the more flexible option, and logical to all users of all > locales ;) > > Does portage ignore missing command-line options, if I set them in my > make.conf in anticipation!?!?!
No, unrecognized options are a fatal error. That's intentional, because having your settings ignored can harmful in some situations. > Thanks for the clear explanation, extra coding, and look forward to the > push to 'live' :) It's released in portage-2.3.7, so you can try it now. -- Thanks, Zac