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authorZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2012-09-13 15:47:13 -0700
committerZac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>2012-09-13 15:47:13 -0700
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Bind FEATURES=-test to USE=-test for bug #373209.
Also, make options like emerge --newuse ignore the state of USE=test, since users typically don't want to trigger a bunch of rebuilds when they enable or disable FEATURES=test.
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@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ changed since installation. This option also implies the
\fB\-\-selective\fR option. Unlike \fB\-\-newuse\fR, the
\fB\-\-changed\-use\fR option does not trigger reinstallation when
flags that the user has not enabled are added or removed.
+
+NOTE: This option ignores the state of the "test" USE flag, since that flag
+has a special binding to FEATURES="test" (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5) for more
+information about \fBFEATURES\fR settings).
.TP
.BR "\-\-changelog " (\fB\-l\fR)
Use this in conjunction with the \fB\-\-pretend\fR option. This will
@@ -538,6 +542,10 @@ settings. If you would like to skip rebuilds for which disabled flags have
been added to or removed from IUSE, see the related
\fB\-\-changed\-use\fR option. If you would like to skip rebuilds for
specific packages, see the \fB\-\-exclude\fR option.
+
+NOTE: This option ignores the state of the "test" USE flag, since that flag
+has a special binding to FEATURES="test" (see \fBmake.conf\fR(5) for more
+information about \fBFEATURES\fR settings).
.TP
.BR "\-\-noconfmem"
Causes portage to disregard merge records indicating that a config file
@@ -781,6 +789,7 @@ Symbol Location Meaning
* 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
.TE
.TP
.BR "\-\-verbose\-main\-repo\-display"