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* Re: [gentoo-user]  USE flags confusing on emerge gimp
  @ 2009-09-04 15:13 99% ` Jesús Guerrero
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From: Jesús Guerrero @ 2009-09-04 15:13 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:25:59 -0500, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
wrote:
> After some resent discussion here of USE in thread:
>    Subject: How to play quicktime (*.mov) videos with firefox
> 
> I'm a little confused by what I see when investigating the emerge of
> gimp (wrapped for mail).
> 
>   Calculating dependencies... done!
>   [ebuild  N    ] media-libs/babl-0.0.22  USE="-mmx -sse" 388 kB
> 
>   [ebuild  N    ] media-libs/gegl-0.0.22  USE="svg -cairo -debug -doc
>    -ffmpeg -jpeg -mmx -openexr -png
>    -raw -sdl -sse -v4l" 1,226 kB
> 
>   [ebuild N ] media-gfx/gimp-2.6.6 USE="alsa python svg -aalib
>    (-altivec) -curl -dbus -debug -doc -exif -gnome -hal -jpeg -lcms -mmx
>    -mng -pdf -png -smp -sse -tiff -webkit -wmf" 15,700 kB
> 
> Would anyone want things like -jpeg, -pdf, -png, -tiff, -exif - turned
> off in an image (or photo) processing program?

Yes, definitely. If you only want gimp to process the photos from your
digital camera you only need support for one format.

> What does it mean that those flags are turned off?

That you are using a minimal profile when you really want to use a more
generic one, like desktop, as others pointed out.

> Should I turn them on before emerging?

If you want support for those formats: yes.


-- 
Jesús Guerrero



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