>>>>> "nb" == Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I'm trying to create custom ebuilds for a few packages for
>> which I'm always having to specify USE flags on the command
>> line. (For example, I have ``+X +qt ...'' in make.conf, but I
>> want to emerge Nethack with ``USE='-X -gnome -qt''', Emacs with
>> ``USE='-X''', etc.) I've set PORTDIR_OVERLAY to
>> /usr/local/portage in make.conf, created
>> /usr/local/portage/games-roguelike/nethack and copied
>> nethack-3.4.3-r1.ebuild over as nethack-3.4.3-custom.ebuild. I
>> then edited the ebuild, removing the X-related bits,
nb> You should put, for example
nb> games-roguelike/nethack -X -gnome -qt
nb> into /etc/portage/package.use
I didn't realize that could be done, but now that I've actually *read*
the relevant parts of the Gentoo documentation I see that it'd be the
easier solution. Amazing what a little reading will accomplish
... *groan* :)
Thanks, Neil!
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