[gentoo-user] default USE flag

[gentoo-user] default USE flag

[Grant]

Since I first started using Gentoo I've had -* in my make.conf USE
flag specification so I only build support for the stuff I want. 
Sometimes I can't figure out if I need a certain USE flag or not.  In
this case it would be useful to know whether Portage sets the flag by
default or not.  Is there any way to figure this out without removing
-* from make.conf and re-running the -a or -p emerge command?

- Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] default USE flag

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:07:05 -0700, Grant wrote:

> Since I first started using Gentoo I've had -* in my make.conf USE
> flag specification so I only build support for the stuff I want. 
> Sometimes I can't figure out if I need a certain USE flag or not.  In
> this case it would be useful to know whether Portage sets the flag by
> default or not.  Is there any way to figure this out without removing
> -* from make.conf and re-running the -a or -p emerge command?

mv /etc/make.conf /etc/make.conf.ignore ; emerge --info; mv /etc/make.conf.ignore /etc/make.conf


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Re: [gentoo-user] default USE flag

[Grant]

> > Since I first started using Gentoo I've had -* in my make.conf USE
> > flag specification so I only build support for the stuff I want.
> > Sometimes I can't figure out if I need a certain USE flag or not.  In
> > this case it would be useful to know whether Portage sets the flag by
> > default or not.  Is there any way to figure this out without removing
> > -* from make.conf and re-running the -a or -p emerge command?
>
> mv /etc/make.conf /etc/make.conf.ignore ; emerge --info; mv /etc/make.conf.ignore /etc/make.conf
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick

Thanks Neil.  I was hoping it was built into gentoolkit somewhere and
I had just missed it.

- Grant

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