From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58C331395E2 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:20:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C2D4721C06C; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:20:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wm0-f47.google.com (mail-wm0-f47.google.com [74.125.82.47]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 29B34E0BDD for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:20:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wm0-f47.google.com with SMTP id g23so267923602wme.1 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 13:20:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=qxVgyATOKSl5KoYi0TESuh6MEIS2J1YN7j3Aonbbn70=; b=ZDvjALCspEcgmZ3v4ed02bzeUYpY4vaN9yKpNcNhYB4zQpXJwfV7p1Bdt0sG3t9oDt lxyzAguHWR6hRvsesUwsR1Y2t2UJXF62Zi3KMW16UjBao/f56mZ3uFrwxl0RWt/UbB/y vvCFgUlXqg5K4b2rvc9SlqWP4r1RyvlUKjME68zyxqbumTMWDxABAxcMRRnmrDo4Ac/W rn/h6clqH9VJaiNYailZdQlAlDMFq2BnWzgK8kV4j7CBdyOZOL3iPNKurYVm+hCod+9z 9ZkoCK1Z4jbYIXse5cEZUi1cUOu1b2vkMbHxJU/BJSYIM+0RZyhK5FtYEOk5bU2cUr3x /50g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=qxVgyATOKSl5KoYi0TESuh6MEIS2J1YN7j3Aonbbn70=; b=djDwwmm/Ca4Glvr0tvzfKC3IrtXbgnUsNb9Q4k2TDnn4j8acf8GzXt+dW9tSqv2JrL UxVy9nlMhNMGz05WM7Ua103XHHs2ostZK9qpG9FhGUQfOjCiZIY0VMyujanigupzrbQX G0CS9wh7DU0m0/HdYqomAklcCdcjoWaEIwnf+FqRJO1HKQeRw5DF65Ygy+eyQe5lXLc4 CKtpc8eBFBsM3KUbs28T8JcwT8dK+ZRkO0ywHZpYyiWUuFQcjXlEwJo+Dvh+Y7zVIYAf ewgo/B2lOvTe8OmpHEH4hLtt+tbuFYxp7wKo73c5tS+CzUnROBZBLlHgdZPHjjNsNgwE b4Nw== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvfwBHe5FnxvJ/XqHQGAIjz4ldLawSoZGwyfZi9E91fxakdqiF+7XeAPvEG+tn/A4I2c14362MVaBQz1xA== X-Received: by 10.25.203.148 with SMTP id b142mr1678123lfg.145.1479331231711; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 13:20:31 -0800 (PST) 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 Received: by 10.114.160.74 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 13:20:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20161116215129.0cdc0f02@jupiter.sol.kaishome.de> References: <20161114233843.GA17594@bonus.content> <20161116021032.GA20819@waltdnes.org> <20161116090804.62709b76@digimed.co.uk> <20161116215129.0cdc0f02@jupiter.sol.kaishome.de> From: Jorge Almeida Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:20:11 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gnome intrusion? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 7552787f-2f2a-4f47-a5a9-1734f65e5548 X-Archives-Hash: 3b9f376fd09203dfb012e67db17d41be On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 8:51 PM, Kai Krakow wrote: > > >> All this would be easier if upstream package developers would explain >> what the different config options really entail. Most of the times, >> "./configure --help" is not that helpful. > > One could start a wiki entry for each use flag on the Gentoo wiki. > A package maintainer would probably be qualified to say what a flag means to that package, and they might add it to the flag page. Sometimes, reading the ebuild helps (e.g., vim), sometimes it doesn't (e.g., firefox). > Also, you can use "euse -i USEFLAGNAME" which is sometimes helpful, > sometimes not - depending on how generic the description is. > Yes, this may help a bit too. Regards, Jorge