From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QRq8S-00020e-Ks for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:27:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2D2A1C109; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 18:25:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.49.97]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E5201C109 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 18:25:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ajglap.localdomain (ool-4a59b202.dyn.optonline.net [74.89.178.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.3/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p51IPods023607 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:25:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ajglap.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id 99424701A4; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:25:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Allan Gottlieb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] meaning of (-clutter) in an emerge USE list Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:25:50 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 06af4745d4492ffba4c023ede0e37e9a In /etc/portage/package.use I have # Need these or for some games gnome-extra/gnome-games clutter opengl But when I try to emerge gnome-games, I don't get clutter [ebuild R ] gnome-extra/gnome-games-2.30.2-r1 USE="guile opengl -artworkextra (-clutter) -test" 0 kB I know that the (-clutter) means that the clutter flag has been removed, but I can't see why it is removed. Indeed the ebuild specifically warns me that disabling clutter means certain games are not built. thanks, allan