From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hd0je-0006m9-MA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:09:27 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3F987e3014278; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:08:07 GMT Received: from mirus.exceedtech.net (ns0.exceedtech.net [70.151.169.5]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3F93kFG009559 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:03:47 GMT Received: from [4.231.59.142] (dialup-4.231.59.142.Dial1.Houston1.Level3.net [4.231.59.142]) by mirus.exceedtech.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id l3F93iv0028792 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:03:45 -0500 Message-ID: <4621EA6F.3040906@exceedtech.net> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:03:43 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070317 SeaMonkey/1.1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Profile USE flags References: <878xcuxbpv.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <878xcuxbpv.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0282a388-ef0d-444e-9fbf-6b17e86b55cf X-Archives-Hash: bacd7e9b30dbca362206e47354aa03d8 Graham Murray wrote: > I have just looked at the 2007.0 profile and have seen that extra USE > flags have been added. Is there any source of information on the > reasoning behind USE flags being added to and removed from profiles? > Knowing the reasons for specific flags being added or removed from the > profile would help make an informed decision as to whether to edit > /etc/make.conf and add '-flagname' for features which have been added > but I do not think I need (or want) and add 'flagname' for those which > have been removed but I think I still want. > Well, if you want to know what a USE flag is for, you can try euse. It works like this: > root@smoker / # euse -i gimp > global use flags (searching: gimp) > ************************************************************ > no matching entries found > > local use flags (searching: gimp) > ************************************************************ > [+ C ] gimp (media-gfx/dcraw): > Builds rawphoto plugin for the GIMP > > [+ C ] gimp (media-gfx/gtkam): > GIMP plugin from gtkam > > [+ C ] gimp (media-gfx/iscan): > Build a plugin for the GIMP > > [+ C ] gimp (media-gfx/sane-frontends): > Build a plugin for the GIMP > > [+ C ] gimp (media-gfx/ufraw): > Build a plugin for the GIMP > > [+ C ] gimp (media-gfx/xsane): > Build a plugin for the GIMP > > root@smoker / # man euse for more info. It is part of gentoolkit if you need to install it. I hope that helps. Dale :-) :-) :-) -- www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list