From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55F2C1389E2 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:22:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 94C0EE0A60; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:22:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com [209.85.217.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10434E09CC for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f181.google.com with SMTP id 10so3009398lbg.26 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:22:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=yc7OVNZUIfbtCAmpHki8pnAgeorumgFdB8RFVC/X2rQ=; b=k7psVx/RiQwzllzghcAopPo+aqBa8hJRO8X9PM+199vwo99FQQ1BhT/qa6rCjdgbWq YXHgolJftZVlDiRTQKxomD6iIV79xfGJEEdDF9jpkZU7TyHx0ROd9WMW7WWXc+wWaXDG anvo3NyMz6mokFTjMA/FQhiKKgFXrP2QwbIFNPLxRP+GkOiwKoMymfRWFTaqRdqFLqoT sDmRWQzmrqhvuP9wIMHwtIUkfaUAw6A/5O3C8eMiAJnkrhdxhF05c7stMZ3jCmB8oo7Q jArga2Hr5+LyrKqjWIjH43oHqm/QJ4IetDUgkk0PFx+C8eUBQ5o/PMcRtrjZCE5tOo6E 4GXQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.10.143 with SMTP id i15mr21915171lab.5.1416849742348; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:22:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.190.41 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:22:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:22:22 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] flag details From: =?UTF-8?Q?Jc_Garc=C3=ADa?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 74140b3a-b897-4639-bb15-537a2ef38d9f X-Archives-Hash: d26ed05971f73ad388aeba422c045faa 2014-11-24 11:09 GMT-06:00 James : > Hello, > > > So, I use euse to read aobut flags. Sometimes the same flag has slightly, > but significantly different meanings depending on the packages it > is use on. A tool with perhaps more detail or that parse the ebuild/sources > for even greater detail information? > > I also use Ciaran's old (filter)script on flags: > > explainuseflag(){ sed -ne "s,^\([^ ]*:\)\?$1 - ,,p" $(portageq > portdir)/profiles/use.{,local.}desc; } > > Which is due for updating. If does a nice job of filtering out the > package version details, which I do not need most of the time. > > Suggested fixes to Ciarans old filter quickie I use from by bashrc? > > Are there any more detailed tools, even gui based tools, for > reading about the details of what a flag does on a given package > or information related to compile-time or run-time settings on a > given code (but not including looking at the sources, I know I can > do that)? > > (Gmane on gentoo user is working again from a browser window (yea). > Sorry for the recent noisy_posts. > > I use $ equery u cat/pkg It list the useflags and what the metadata.xml of the package says about each of them, plus highlights the active ones if you have the package already merged. > curiously, > James > >