Re: [gentoo-user] jpg support

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Daniel Pielmeier
> <daniel.pielmeier@googlemail.com> wrote:
>   
>> So there are two possibilities. First there is no need for a jpg useflag
>> as it will work out of the box. Second the jpg support or needed
>> libraries if they are indeed needed are detected automagically which is
>> bad and a bug should be filed. But from a quick glance into the relevant
>> files I did not recognize such things.
>>
>> So I guess rebuilding the affected packages and trying again is the best
>> option.
>>     
>
> I tried rebuilding gqview and feh with no success. feh complains about
> no imlib support for jpegs so I rebuild imlib, which didn't help.
> Before going to bed I started a full world rebuild. I'll reboot after
> that to ensure I pick up new shared libraries and we'll see what
> happens. This violates the principle of least surprise though.
>
> I am finding this about gentoo. On FreeBSD I could disable X11
> support, but it's on by default. I agree with that. On gentoo I have
> to explicitely enable jpg support?? Why the hell would I not want it?
> I find that needlessly difficult. The default should be the common
> case, not the uncommon one.
>
> Mike
>   

I just noticed this:

root@smoker / # euse -i jpg
global use flags (searching: jpg)
************************************************************
no matching entries found

local use flags (searching: jpg)
************************************************************
no matching entries found
root@smoker / # euse -i jpeg
global use flags (searching: jpeg)
************************************************************
[+ CD ] jpeg - Adds JPEG image support

local use flags (searching: jpeg)
************************************************************
no matching entries found
root@smoker / #


Are you putting in jpg or jpeg or is it a typo in the email?

Dale

:-)  :-) 

P. S.  I can send you a list of all the packages that use the jpeg USE
flag on my system if you need it.  Faster than a emerge -e world at least.