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

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