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Note Submitter: burhan[dot]khalid[at]gmail[dot]com ---- To keep certain use flags for PHP enabled, use the /etc/portage/package.use file. Directions for this file are available at the Gentoo doc site, or by reading the manual page for portage. Short summary : 1. Create /etc/portage/package.use (as root) 2. Format is category/package [useflags] If you always want PHP to be emerged with ipv6 ldap flash (ming) snmp yaz and mssql support, you can add : dev-php/mod_php ipv6 ldap flash snmp yaz mssql Do not want to build PHP with mssql support? dev-php/mod_php -mssql If you use this file, then your preferences are remembered in subsequent updates to php. Also note that emerge php will emerge the *client version only*. If you want both client and Apache support, you will need to emerge both mod_php and php : emerge mod_php php It is also not necessary to run the ebuild config script, this is done by portage.