public inbox for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: "Jesús Guerrero" <i92guboj@terra.es>
To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  USE flags confusing on emerge gimp
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:13:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0595a8cc33816ca2bb29af65cda4b4e1@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874orirdl4.fsf@newsguy.com>

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:25:59 -0500, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
wrote:
> After some resent discussion here of USE in thread:
>    Subject: How to play quicktime (*.mov) videos with firefox
> 
> I'm a little confused by what I see when investigating the emerge of
> gimp (wrapped for mail).
> 
>   Calculating dependencies... done!
>   [ebuild  N    ] media-libs/babl-0.0.22  USE="-mmx -sse" 388 kB
> 
>   [ebuild  N    ] media-libs/gegl-0.0.22  USE="svg -cairo -debug -doc
>    -ffmpeg -jpeg -mmx -openexr -png
>    -raw -sdl -sse -v4l" 1,226 kB
> 
>   [ebuild N ] media-gfx/gimp-2.6.6 USE="alsa python svg -aalib
>    (-altivec) -curl -dbus -debug -doc -exif -gnome -hal -jpeg -lcms -mmx
>    -mng -pdf -png -smp -sse -tiff -webkit -wmf" 15,700 kB
> 
> Would anyone want things like -jpeg, -pdf, -png, -tiff, -exif - turned
> off in an image (or photo) processing program?

Yes, definitely. If you only want gimp to process the photos from your
digital camera you only need support for one format.

> What does it mean that those flags are turned off?

That you are using a minimal profile when you really want to use a more
generic one, like desktop, as others pointed out.

> Should I turn them on before emerging?

If you want support for those formats: yes.


-- 
Jesús Guerrero



      parent reply	other threads:[~2009-09-04 10:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-04 14:25 [gentoo-user] USE flags confusing on emerge gimp Harry Putnam
2009-09-04 14:31 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-09-04 15:01 ` Paul Hartman
2009-09-04 15:13 ` Jesús Guerrero [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=0595a8cc33816ca2bb29af65cda4b4e1@localhost \
    --to=i92guboj@terra.es \
    --cc=gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox