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Script to display inline descriptions of USE flags from emerge -uv output
When updating a gentoo system, knowing what are each USE flag for is important. USE flags affect how each package is built, whether it includes support for optional features, and so on.
For that reason, I pay attention to each flag. It makes me constantly grepping /usr/portage/profiles/use.* to know what is the meaning of each flag.
I've created a script to parse emerge -uv output and display the description of each affected flag, so that you can setup your /etc/portage/package.use/ file accordingly.
If you're interested, you can find it here.
Script to sort USE flags
When updating my system, mplayer got affected, and I found out that I already had a number of USE flags defined in my /etc/portage/package.use/mplayer.
I like to maintain the USE flags sorted alphabetically, so I decided to write a simple script to do it for me.
If you're interested, you can find it here.
