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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GJtQa-0001qo-DE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:58:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k83EuDAG024927; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 14:56:13 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k83EliG1032476 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 14:47:49 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9062465110 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 13:27:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15408-16 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 13:27:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD7D650CE for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 13:27:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GJs0t-0004IT-8g for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:27:51 +0200 Received: from mue-88-130-95-183.dsl.tropolys.de ([88.130.95.183]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:27:51 +0200 Received: from listen by mue-88-130-95-183.dsl.tropolys.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:27:51 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Alexander Skwar Subject: [gentoo-user] Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()? Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:27:51 +0200 Organization: =?UTF-8?B?LsK3Lg==?= Message-ID: <96459383.vFnzYCVaON@m-id.message-center.info> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: mue-88-130-95-183.dsl.tropolys.de User-Agent: KNode/0.10.2 Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.569 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.030, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.569 X-Spam-Level: X-Archives-Salt: c11e2783-95c5-4c2e-a7a1-c4239e4be9ea X-Archives-Hash: a691a929fbe7cd6ff7e07f16efc57b6c 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, Alexander Skwar -- for ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING!! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list