override those specified in the default locations, letting you
avoid using some dependencies you may not want to have. \fBUSE
flags specified on the command line are NOT remembered\fR. For
-example, \fBUSE="\-X \-gnome" emerge mc\fR will emerge mc with
-those USE settings. If you want those USE settings to be more
+example, \fBenv USE="\-X \-gnome" emerge mc\fR will emerge mc with
+those USE settings (on Bourne-compatible shells you may omit the \fBenv\fR
+part). If you want those USE settings to be more
permanent, you can put them in /etc/portage/package.use instead.
.LP
If \fBemerge \-\-update system\fR or \fBemerge \-\-update world\fR