This is a patch that allows the user to check what options were used when installing a certain ebuild. The code also checks the current settings and outputs the differences. The feature is useful when changing compiletime options as a way to see which ebuilds were installed using which options. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Created attachment 9090 [details, diff] patch to emerge in portage-2.0.46-r12 This is the patch generated by diff. The code edited is well commented and actually quite trivial.
Created attachment 9091 [details, diff] The patch to emerge v1.197 and not to the old version Sorry, forgot to check that I had the latest sources..... This patch can be applied to the source as it is distributed, and run "out of the box".
OK, I think it is time to mark this one as a wontfix or something. Portage and the utils associated with it have evolved.
closing per request