From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AA6113877A for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 10:58:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 572C0E096B; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 10:58:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A474E0900 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 10:58:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gmx.net ([84.133.165.251]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MJSLz-1X0n2H03nX-00321C for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 12:58:18 +0200 Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) meino.cramer@gmx.de; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 12:58:18 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 12:58:17 +0200 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Checking the reason for (-useflags) in brackets Message-ID: <20140621105817.GC3899@solfire> References: <20140621091833.GB3899@solfire> <53A55F02.5010101@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53A55F02.5010101@gmail.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:U9KswjXJxRFwy3+QxkwP3/A6pqFLUp2w13ypHn/ssSPZsuFwsYS GQFgMY/0A7RkGGlWdDimH8z2/vspTFCtWQlAszFz8B+vthtUiloM5SjeArjoxwDCR6As03G M/1Y3UzJ0jCeT1ZYNN+XI4iDwmL39Q82bsUbqoFtWGFwxLC37TJqpnwWWu0B+e3UI0mXIeC F6mooZfBrjS4Sbe8pinPA== X-Archives-Salt: 8e38909d-8012-4ae1-838d-290bc28a5e5a X-Archives-Hash: cd1f6b93a2d70d5ce3a6a54f30effe58 Alan McKinnon [14-06-21 12:36]: > On 21/06/2014 11:19, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > for some applications I want to activate some USE flags, which are > > disabled by default. > > > > Some of those USE flags are set in () brackets. From searching the > > internet I learned, that this may be due to unresolveable dependencies > > or settings in the make.profile or.... > > > > Is there a way to exactly pin point the reason why a certain USE flags > > gets "(diabled)" and whether it is possible to resolve the problem? > > > > How can I figure out that? > > > From the emerge man page: > > > () circumfix forced, masked, or removed > > > So the answer is usually one of > > - flag not in ebuild anymore. Look in the ebuild > - masked in profile. For these I usually search the profile directory > recursively for the flag and figure it out that way > > > What is it that you are trying to find out? A disabled flag is disabled > and can't work, what further detail do you need? > > > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan.mckinnon@gmail.com > > Thanks for your help. In the internet I have already found the answer in the meanwhile. Best regards, mcc