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From: Nick Jones <carpaski@××××××.net>
To: Kashif Shaikh <k2shaikh@×××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Todo/project list for Gentoo
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 19:53:57
Message-Id: 20030206132459.A17553@twobit.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Todo/project list for Gentoo by Kashif Shaikh
1 > One feature that I think is good, but I don't take advantage as much as
2 > I would like to is the USE variable system. Reason? Usually I have no
3 > way of knowing what 'optional capabilities' an ebuild package has so I
4 > can enable the USE var for it. In other words, it would be nice to query
5 > a package for its general optional capabilities it provides.
6
7 Not documented yet, but -r11, to be updated to -r12 shortly, has
8 emerge -vp package
9 which includes a patch that displays USE variables affecting a package.
10
11 --NJ
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