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From: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o>
To: "M. Zuelsdorff" <micha@×××××××.de>
Cc: Gentoo-Dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] mplayer with dvdread
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:05:22
Message-Id: 1050008540.20070.12.camel@nosferatu.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] mplayer with dvdread by "M. Zuelsdorff"
1 On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 23:32, M. Zuelsdorff wrote:
2 > No, I don't make use of "USE" at all, since it's one of the really annoying
3 > parts of the Gentoo distribution. There are thousands of packages in the
4 > portage tree but not a single line on which USE-var is related to which
5 > package.
6
7 The logic was that if 'foo' is in USE, then support for 'foo' gets
8 build. If 'foo' not in USE, then support for 'foo' gets disabled.
9
10 I think you really need to go and do some reading, and re-evaluate
11 your stance to using USE ...
12
13
14 Regards,
15
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17
18 Martin Schlemmer
19 Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer
20 Cape Town, South Africa

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