From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8695 invoked by uid 1002); 10 Apr 2003 21:25:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 21362 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2003 21:25:32 -0000 From: "Riyad Kalla" Cc: "'Gentoo-Dev'" Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 14:25:33 -0700 Message-ID: <004601c2ffa7$b8876ee0$d628c480@rskwork> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 In-Reply-To: <1050009350.20070.22.camel@nosferatu.lan> Importance: Normal Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] mplayer with dvdread -- use flag comment X-Archives-Salt: 36747681-124c-4b57-bc7a-28b8129d1ec2 X-Archives-Hash: ac6b423d376f801158540086ababf35d After reading your email I found out what was causing my hearache (make.defaults)! I hadn't thought about checking that as I didn't realize the use flags were hierarchical in that fashion... Does make.defaults include all of the use flags? If I modified make.defaults (I know you just said not to, but...) to either include nothing, or include everything, wouldn't I effectively be implementing the behavior I just asked for? And then fine tune it with my make.conf? Thanks! -Riyad > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Schlemmer [mailto:azarah@gentoo.org] > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 2:16 PM > To: Riyad Kalla > Cc: 'M. Zuelsdorff'; Gentoo-Dev > Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] mplayer with dvdread -- use flag comment > > > On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 22:43, Riyad Kalla wrote: > > I'm starting to feel more like this, WGT the use flags... when I > > installed gentoo on a server here at work, I left the use > flags alone, > > figuring "hey it's a server" but then I noticed that > certain packages > > WANTED to install some rediculous amounts of optional > requirements, so > > I started using "-" use flags, and that seemed to work. > Then I noticed > > other packages building without supports for things I needed (like > > CUPS). Anywya, after compiling and recompiling KDE about 3 times, > > mysql twice, qt 3 times and a few utilities I started to think that > > before installing a program, I'd rather just see the "configure > > --help" options and decide what I wanted and what I > didn't... this use > > flag business is kinda trickie... I couldn't imagine trying > to code to > > take it all into account. Has there ever been talk to get > rid of use > > flags and tackle optional package params in a different way? > > > > The logical would have been: > > - I want a server, so no X, sound, KDE, Gnome, etc, so add > to USE: -X -gnome -kde -xv -alsa -oss -esd -avi -mikmod -mpeg > -oggvorbis -opengl -qt -quicktime -sdl -spell -svga > -truetype -xmms > - It will be samba print server, so we need cups, so add: cups > - etc > > So USE will be: > > USE="-X -gnome -kde -xv -alsa -oss -esd -avi -mikmod -mpeg > -oggvorbis -opengl -qt -quicktime -sdl -spell -svga -truetype -xmms" > > No cups is needed, as its already in the default USE flags. > What those are, look at: > > /etc/make.profile/make.defaults > > Note that you should not edit this file by hand. > > > Regards, > > -- > > Martin Schlemmer > Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer > Cape Town, South Africa > > > > -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list