[gentoo-amd64] Re: kdesdk-strigi-analyzer won't build

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

"Mark Haney" <mhaney@ercbroadband.org> posted
48CFD34D.2010204@ercbroadband.org, excerpted below, on  Tue, 16 Sep 2008
11:39:57 -0400:

> I didn't realize I had to explicitly deny the semantic-desktop use flag.

Not necessarily at you, specifically, but for the list in general...

That's why one should /always/ do an emerge --verbose --pretend (or --
ask, or the equivalent in your $PM) first.  Review the USE flags, 
checking to see if they're what you want and changing them if not.  This 
is particularly important for new packages.  After that, the color-coding 
helps you spot new/changed flags.  But note that even emerging an update 
to something may bring in different dependencies than the previous 
version did, so pay attention to the N/U indicator on dependencies as 
well, and examine the flags accordingly.

By following this advice since I first installed Gentoo back in 2004, I 
don't believe I've /ever/ been surprised by the status of a USE flag.  I 
/always/ check them (using --ask, normally) before I merge anything, use 
euse -i <flag> to find out what it is if necessary, and cancel out the 
merge and change it if I need to.

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