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Knowledge Base:Autounmask-write
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The emerge option --autounmask-write writes autounmask features into the corresponding config files.
If the corresponding package.* is a directory, changes are written to the lexicographically last file in this directory. In order to prevent your manually managed files from being edited, you can create files just for the purpose of autounmask-write:
root #for d in /etc/portage/package.*; do touch $d/zzz_autounmask; done