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On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 22:43, Riyad Kalla wrote: |
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> I'm starting to feel more like this, WGT the use flags... when I |
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> installed gentoo on a server here at work, I left the use flags alone, |
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> figuring "hey it's a server" but then I noticed that certain packages |
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> WANTED to install some rediculous amounts of optional requirements, so I |
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> started using "-" use flags, and that seemed to work. Then I noticed |
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> other packages building without supports for things I needed (like |
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> CUPS). Anywya, after compiling and recompiling KDE about 3 times, mysql |
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> twice, qt 3 times and a few utilities I started to think that before |
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> installing a program, I'd rather just see the "configure --help" options |
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> and decide what I wanted and what I didn't... this use flag business is |
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> kinda trickie... I couldn't imagine trying to code to take it all into |
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> account. Has there ever been talk to get rid of use flags and tackle |
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> optional package params in a different way? |
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The logical would have been: |
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- I want a server, so no X, sound, KDE, Gnome, etc, so add |
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to USE: -X -gnome -kde -xv -alsa -oss -esd -avi -mikmod -mpeg |
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-oggvorbis -opengl -qt -quicktime -sdl -spell -svga |
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-truetype -xmms |
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- It will be samba print server, so we need cups, so add: cups |
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- etc |
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So USE will be: |
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USE="-X -gnome -kde -xv -alsa -oss -esd -avi -mikmod -mpeg -oggvorbis |
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-opengl -qt -quicktime -sdl -spell -svga -truetype -xmms" |
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No cups is needed, as its already in the default USE flags. What |
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those are, look at: |
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/etc/make.profile/make.defaults |
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Note that you should not edit this file by hand. |
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Regards, |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |