[gentoo-user] Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

[gentoo-user] Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

[Alexander Skwar]

Hi!

I ran emerge -vp dvdrip and got:

[ebuild     U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] USE="(-cdr%) fping%* (-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg (-rar%*) -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%* -xine% xvid" 0 kB

Why are some of those USE flags, like cdr or gnome, set in brackets, like
so: (-cdr%)?

Thanks,

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Re: [gentoo-user] Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

[Philip Webb]

060903 Alexander Skwar wrote:
> I ran emerge -vp dvdrip and got:
>   [ebuild U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] \
     USE="(-cdr%) fping%* (-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg (-rar%*) \
          -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%* -xine% xvid" 0 kB
> Why are some of those USE flags, like cdr or gnome, set in brackets?

Not here :
  
  [ebuild  N ] media-video/dvdrip-0.52.7-r1 \
   USE="cdr -gnome -mplayer -ogg -rar -subtitles -xvid" 513 kB

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Re: [gentoo-user] Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

[Rafael Fernández López]

On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 11:12:18AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
> 060903 Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > I ran emerge -vp dvdrip and got:
> >   [ebuild U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] \
>      USE="(-cdr%) fping%* (-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg (-rar%*) \
>           -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%* -xine% xvid" 0 kB
> > Why are some of those USE flags, like cdr or gnome, set in brackets?
> 
> Not here :
>   
>   [ebuild  N ] media-video/dvdrip-0.52.7-r1 \
>    USE="cdr -gnome -mplayer -ogg -rar -subtitles -xvid" 513 kB
> 
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Of course there not... you are using STABLE (+) while Alexander is
using UNSTABLE (~). So your ebuilds are different.

But here aren't those either. And what I can tell you is that I've
seen them somewhere (and '%') symbol that I don't know exactly what
means.

I haven't found any documentation about it. Gentoo is the best
documented GNU/Linux distribution, but here I think that is a little
trick that hasn't been documented as it should.

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Rafael Fernandez Lopez.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

[Devon Miller]

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The % means the USE flag is new sine you installed dvdrip. The parenthesis
mean the flag he either been subsequently deleted, or is masked by your
profile. In this case, the three flags shown (cdr, gnome, minimal, and rar)
are not supported by dvdrip-0.98.1.

dcm


On 9/3/06, Rafael Fernández López <info@maestroprogramador.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 11:12:18AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
> > 060903 Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > > I ran emerge -vp dvdrip and got:
> > >   [ebuild U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] \
> >      USE="(-cdr%) fping%* (-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg
> (-rar%*) \
> >           -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%* -xine% xvid" 0 kB
> > > Why are some of those USE flags, like cdr or gnome, set in brackets?
> >
> > Not here :
> >
> >   [ebuild  N ] media-video/dvdrip-0.52.7-r1 \
> >    USE="cdr -gnome -mplayer -ogg -rar -subtitles -xvid" 513 kB
> >
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> > ========================,,============================================
> > SUPPORT     ___________//___,  Philip Webb : purslow@chass.utoronto.ca
> > ELECTRIC   /] [] [] [] [] []|  Centre for Urban & Community Studies
> > TRANSIT    `-O----------O---'  University of Toronto
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> >
>
> Of course there not... you are using STABLE (+) while Alexander is
> using UNSTABLE (~). So your ebuilds are different.
>
> But here aren't those either. And what I can tell you is that I've
> seen them somewhere (and '%') symbol that I don't know exactly what
> means.
>
> I haven't found any documentation about it. Gentoo is the best
> documented GNU/Linux distribution, but here I think that is a little
> trick that hasn't been documented as it should.
>
> Bye,
> Rafael Fernandez Lopez.
>
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>
>

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[gentoo-user] Re: Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

[Alexander Skwar]

· Philip Webb <purslow@sympatico.ca>:

> 060903 Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> I ran emerge -vp dvdrip and got:
>>   [ebuild U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] \
>      USE="(-cdr%) fping%* (-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg (-rar%*) \
>           -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%* -xine% xvid" 0 kB
>> Why are some of those USE flags, like cdr or gnome, set in brackets?
> 
> Not here :

Fine. But at my box and with a recent portage.

Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

[Bo Ørsted Andresen]

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On Sunday 03 September 2006 15:27, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> [ebuild     U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] USE="(-cdr%) fping%*
> (-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg (-rar%*) -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%*
> -xine% xvid" 0 kB
>
> Why are some of those USE flags, like cdr or gnome, set in brackets, like
> so: (-cdr%)?

It's a new feature in portage 2.1.1. Those USE flags were removed in since the 
previously installed version..

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144661

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[gentoo-user] Re: Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

[Alexander Skwar]

· Bo Ørsted Andresen <bo.andresen@zlin.dk>:

> On Sunday 03 September 2006 15:27, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> [ebuild     U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] USE="(-cdr%) fping%*
>> (-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg (-rar%*) -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%*
>> -xine% xvid" 0 kB
>>
>> Why are some of those USE flags, like cdr or gnome, set in brackets, like
>> so: (-cdr%)?
> 
> It's a new feature in portage 2.1.1. Those USE flags were removed in since the 
> previously installed version..

Aha. It kind of contradicts the %, doesn't it?

              The  percent  sign  following  qt  indicates that the qt option has been
              added to the package since it was last installed.

> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144661

Ah. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144661#c7 covers this.

Thanks!

Alexander Skwar
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