Re: news item: Introduction of app-alternatives/coreutils

moltonel 3x Combo <[email protected]>
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On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 at 19:52, Zurab Kvachadze <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nit: arch -> architecture.

Ok.

> I suggest saying "add the corresponding ebuild versions to package.mask" but if you believe the current formulation sounds better, feel free to use that.

I'll make that clearer.

> I think we should restate the versions here to avoid confusion.

Good idea. I'll also tweak the phrasing, since uutils has always
installed with a prefix.

> As far as I understood, the default USE is "gnu -uutils", do we need to set USE on the cmdline again?

Yes, we're just restating the defaults here. A user could have
selected uutils in their config, this command is meant a a fail-safe.
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