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On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 10:30:14AM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote: |
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> Dear Gentooers, |
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> Is there a place in gentoo documentation where there is a complete list |
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of current USE flags and short descriptions what they mean? I am just a |
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user, and I think the fantastic idea of a custumized linux system will |
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only work if users can fully understand which USE flags are available what |
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they mean, etc. |
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Agreed. We should be able to start maintaining such a list. |
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> I am just getting used to portage (even though I used binary distros for |
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> years) and sometimes I do not know what the advantages and consequences |
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> of a particular USE flag to be set... |
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Now this is very difficult to specify succinctly enough. However, the |
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general gist of the consequences might very well be easy to specify. |
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Regards, |
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Karl T |
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