On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:16:34 -0600 »Q« <[email protected]> wrote: > A new useflag, tinfo, has been added for ncurses. I would have > expected ncurses not to be rebuilt when I specify --changed-use, but > portage does want to rebuild it. This isn't causing me any problem, > but I'd like to understand what's going on. I guess I should note > that I'm using portage-2.1.11.50 and that I'm one of those hardheads > who has USE="-*" in make.conf. I currently have ncurses-5.9-r2 > installed with USE="cxx gpm static-libs unicode -ada -debug -doc > -minimal -profile -trace". > > $ emerge -pvuD --changed-use @world > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild R ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r2:5 USE="cxx gpm static-libs > unicode -ada -debug -doc -minimal -profile -tinfo% -trace" 0 kB > > Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
Ah, now I believe I see the reason ncurses will be built. app-text/pinfo-0.6.10-r3 (in world) explicitly requires sys-libs/ncurses[-tinfo].
