Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:31:18 -0600, Dale wrote: > > >>> I think there is a more elegant solution by using EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS >>> in make.conf. >>> >>> grep EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS /etc/make.conf >>> EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y --nospinner" >>> > > >> I have the same old make.conf I had from my original install about 5 >> years ago. I used to have a make.conf.example but it seems to have been >> moved to /usr/share/portage/config which is odd. I put a link to /etc >> so I don't feel so lost. Anyway, I wonder what affect that would have >> on say a emerge -C <package-name>? Would there be any other gotchas >> when adding that would not be a good idea? Would portage just ignore it >> during certain commands? As far as updates, I would like it to add that >> but not sure what other affects that may have. >> > > I've had --with-bdeps y in make.conf for ages with no problems. Portage > happily ignores options that do not apply to the current operation. > > >
Cool. I have not had the time to even test this out. My radiator on my car had a blow out so I been working on that. Couldn't fix the old one so I had to buy a new one. Stupid plastic crap! Gone to add that to make.conf. Thanks for sharing. Dale :-) :-)
