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From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@bellsouth.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Where do these use flags come from?
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:49:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200602262149.34513.brettholcomb@bellsouth.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4402669B.2050106@gmail.com>

If you look at the ebuild there is an IUSE entry.  You can also use equery 
uses package name to see what it uses.

On Sunday February 26 2006 21:40, Ryan Tandy wrote:
> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> > They come from /etc/make.conf or /etc/portage/package.use.  The profile
> > you are using has defaults set.
> >
> > On Sunday February 26 2006 21:00, Bo Andresen wrote:
> >> I decided I wanted to remove the ipv6 use flag which I have had enabled

snip

> >>
> >> --
> >> Bo Andresen
>
> I think what the OP is asking, is where the usability of the flags is
> specified in the Firefox ebuild(s) - which it quite clearly isn't.  If
> this is the case, I think the ipv6 USE-flag is added by an inherited
> eclass (assuming they can do that) - probably one of the mozilla ones.

-- 

Brett I. Holcomb
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  reply	other threads:[~2006-02-27  2:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-27  2:00 [gentoo-user] Where do these use flags come from? Bo Andresen
2006-02-27  2:18 ` Brett I. Holcomb
2006-02-27  2:40   ` Ryan Tandy
2006-02-27  2:49     ` Brett I. Holcomb [this message]
2006-02-27  3:03       ` Bo Andresen
2006-02-27  3:13         ` Brett I. Holcomb
2006-02-27  3:28           ` Luis Ortiz
2006-02-27  7:17           ` Bo Andresen
2006-02-27 11:15             ` Alexander Kirillov
2006-02-27 15:39               ` Richard Fish
2006-02-27  2:47 ` Luis Ortiz
2006-02-27  2:58   ` Bo Andresen
2006-02-27 18:51 ` kashani

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