Ashley Dixon wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 09:45:44PM -0500, Dale wrote:
>> I seem to have been on the right track but couldn't figure out where to
>> go with the next step. At times, I just have to ask for help. The
>> output of emerge is cryptic for sure. Of course, I know nothing about
>> PHP since I don't use it here.
> The output of emerge isn't necessarily cryptic; it's just concise, and
> the
> documentation describing its output is phenomenal. `man emerge` has a
> rather
> intuitive table of all symbols relating to USE flags:
>
> Symbol Location Meaning
> ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
>
> - prefix not enabled (either disabled or removed)
> * suffix transition to or from the enabled state
> % suffix newly added or removed
> () circumfix forced, masked, or removed
> {} circumfix state is bound to FEATURES settings
>
>
Most of us mere mortals call it cryptic. LOL Trying to figure out some
outputs of emerge requires a whole new slide rule and a decoder ring.
Glad you were able to help Steve.
Dale
:-) :-)
