[gentoo-dev] emerge optional

[gentoo-dev] emerge optional

[Davis, Robert G.]

I know when you emerge it will read USE= and compile in options if it is in
your USE=.  Is there plans to add the ability to have optional packages?
ex. gentoo xine requires libdvdcss.  What if you don't want it.  Could
future emerge prompt for option libs that aren't installed.  In the above if
it is already installed use it, if not prompt the user.  I could see this
could supplement the USE= for rare libraries or even replace it.

Robert Davis

Re: [gentoo-dev] emerge optional

[Geert Bevin]

There's a plan to temporarly enabled/disable use flags that can be set
for only one emerge or a set of emerges. It should be implemented in the
coming weeks.

On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 23:41, Davis, Robert G. wrote:
> I know when you emerge it will read USE= and compile in options if it is in
> your USE=.  Is there plans to add the ability to have optional packages?
> ex. gentoo xine requires libdvdcss.  What if you don't want it.  Could
> future emerge prompt for option libs that aren't installed.  In the above if
> it is already installed use it, if not prompt the user.  I could see this
> could supplement the USE= for rare libraries or even replace it.
> 
> Robert Davis
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Re: [gentoo-dev] emerge optional

[JR Boyens]

IIRC FreeBSD uses environment variables. So say you want XMMS compiled
with GNOME support you set the environ USE_GNOME to 1 and it will. It
lets you know at the beginning of the build.

Personally I think that the USE variables are a little too generalized,
I'd like to see optional finer grained control. Another example, just
because a console MP3 player has LDAP support, doesn't mean I want it,
but I do for mail programs.

I envision some sort of ncurses/X based config where you smack a few
checkboxes and "BAM!" your packages are configured to your specs. To
shield the unwilling, maybe a command-line option to enable the extra
config options?

I don't know, but I'd really like to see something like Debconf with
Gentoo. I'd be willing to help someone out, but I don't have the gusto
to do it myself. :)

</rant>
--
JR Boyens
jboyens@iastate.edu

On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 16:41, Davis, Robert G. wrote:
> I know when you emerge it will read USE= and compile in options if it is in
> your USE=.  Is there plans to add the ability to have optional packages?
> ex. gentoo xine requires libdvdcss.  What if you don't want it.  Could
> future emerge prompt for option libs that aren't installed.  In the above if
> it is already installed use it, if not prompt the user.  I could see this
> could supplement the USE= for rare libraries or even replace it.
> 
> Robert Davis
> _______________________________________________
> gentoo-dev mailing list
> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
> 
 

Re: [gentoo-dev] emerge optional

[Vitaly Kushneriuk]

On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 18:01, JR Boyens wrote:
> IIRC FreeBSD uses environment variables. So say you want XMMS compiled
> with GNOME support you set the environ USE_GNOME to 1 and it will. It
> lets you know at the beginning of the build.
> 
> Personally I think that the USE variables are a little too generalized,
> I'd like to see optional finer grained control. Another example, just
> because a console MP3 player has LDAP support, doesn't mean I want it,
> but I do for mail programs.
> 
> I envision some sort of ncurses/X based config where you smack a few
> checkboxes and "BAM!" your packages are configured to your specs. To
> shield the unwilling, maybe a command-line option to enable the extra
> config options?
> 
> I don't know, but I'd really like to see something like Debconf with
> Gentoo. I'd be willing to help someone out, but I don't have the gusto
> to do it myself. :)
As I already mantioned, the fine-grained package-specific
configuration _will_ be available in the future. 
It means we are working on it ;). It's just that for now the focus
is on bug fixes for the Gentoo 1.0 release.
	/Vitaly.

Re: [gentoo-dev] emerge optional

[JR Boyens]

I'd like to help! I'm offering my support, but I need some guidance to
find 'the code'. Anyone?

Thanks
--
JR Boyens
jboyens@iastate.edu

On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 10:22, Vitaly Kushneriuk wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 18:01, JR Boyens wrote:
> > IIRC FreeBSD uses environment variables. So say you want XMMS compiled
> > with GNOME support you set the environ USE_GNOME to 1 and it will. It
> > lets you know at the beginning of the build.
> > 
> > Personally I think that the USE variables are a little too generalized,
> > I'd like to see optional finer grained control. Another example, just
> > because a console MP3 player has LDAP support, doesn't mean I want it,
> > but I do for mail programs.
> > 
> > I envision some sort of ncurses/X based config where you smack a few
> > checkboxes and "BAM!" your packages are configured to your specs. To
> > shield the unwilling, maybe a command-line option to enable the extra
> > config options?
> > 
> > I don't know, but I'd really like to see something like Debconf with
> > Gentoo. I'd be willing to help someone out, but I don't have the gusto
> > to do it myself. :)
> As I already mantioned, the fine-grained package-specific
> configuration _will_ be available in the future. 
> It means we are working on it ;). It's just that for now the focus
> is on bug fixes for the Gentoo 1.0 release.
> 	/Vitaly.
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