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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to trace the origin of a use-flag setting
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:13:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1539380.ju382iKLBa@nazgul> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1311594647.16039.3@numa-i>

On Monday 25 July 2011 13:50:47 Helmut Jarausch did opine thusly:
> On 07/25/2011 01:34:39 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > euse -a
> > 
> > part of gentoolkit, I believe.
> > 
> > Ref: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Gentoolkit
> > 
> > Rgds,
> > 
> > On 2011-07-25, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> 
wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > emerge -vp app-office/libreoffice
> > > 
> > > shows that the USE flag  -java  is in effect.
> > > 
> > > How to find out where this comes from?
> > > 
> > > I've checked  /etc/portage/package.use 
> > > /usr/portage/profiles  and
> > 
> > /
> > 
> > > etc/make.conf
> 
> Thanks Pandu,
> 
> it turns out, the '-java' use flag is turned on by default.
> But I don't know why. 

OOo was run out of Sun remember. It uses java for a whole whack of 
scriptable stuff, most notably database integration iirc.


> I've just noticed that I can turn it on.
> 
> Helmut.
-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com



  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-25 12:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-25 11:13 [gentoo-user] How to trace the origin of a use-flag setting Helmut Jarausch
2011-07-25 11:34 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-07-25 11:50   ` Helmut Jarausch
2011-07-25 12:13     ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2011-07-25 11:46 ` Mick
2011-07-25 17:23 ` [gentoo-user] " James

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