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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] meaning of (-clutter) in an emerge USE list
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:52:35 +0200
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On Wednesday 01 June 2011 14:25:50 Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> In /etc/portage/package.use I have
> 
>     # Need these or for some games
>     gnome-extra/gnome-games         clutter opengl
> 
> But when I try to emerge gnome-games, I don't get clutter
> 
>    [ebuild   R   ] gnome-extra/gnome-games-2.30.2-r1  USE="guile opengl
> -artworkextra (-clutter) -test" 0 kB
> 
> I know that the (-clutter) means that the clutter flag has been removed,
> but I can't see why it is removed.  Indeed the ebuild specifically warns
> me that disabling clutter means certain games are not built.
> 
> thanks,
> allan

have you looked at the ebuild? There is probably no clutter option and it is 
always forced on.

Would be fitting with the gnome mindset: choices are bad. Options are bad.