Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Jesús Guerrero" <i92guboj@×××××.es>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags confusing on emerge gimp
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:05:12
Message-Id: 0595a8cc33816ca2bb29af65cda4b4e1@localhost
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] USE flags confusing on emerge gimp by Harry Putnam
1 On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:25:59 -0500, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
2 wrote:
3 > After some resent discussion here of USE in thread:
4 > Subject: How to play quicktime (*.mov) videos with firefox
5 >
6 > I'm a little confused by what I see when investigating the emerge of
7 > gimp (wrapped for mail).
8 >
9 > Calculating dependencies... done!
10 > [ebuild N ] media-libs/babl-0.0.22 USE="-mmx -sse" 388 kB
11 >
12 > [ebuild N ] media-libs/gegl-0.0.22 USE="svg -cairo -debug -doc
13 > -ffmpeg -jpeg -mmx -openexr -png
14 > -raw -sdl -sse -v4l" 1,226 kB
15 >
16 > [ebuild N ] media-gfx/gimp-2.6.6 USE="alsa python svg -aalib
17 > (-altivec) -curl -dbus -debug -doc -exif -gnome -hal -jpeg -lcms -mmx
18 > -mng -pdf -png -smp -sse -tiff -webkit -wmf" 15,700 kB
19 >
20 > Would anyone want things like -jpeg, -pdf, -png, -tiff, -exif - turned
21 > off in an image (or photo) processing program?
22
23 Yes, definitely. If you only want gimp to process the photos from your
24 digital camera you only need support for one format.
25
26 > What does it mean that those flags are turned off?
27
28 That you are using a minimal profile when you really want to use a more
29 generic one, like desktop, as others pointed out.
30
31 > Should I turn them on before emerging?
32
33 If you want support for those formats: yes.
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37 Jesús Guerrero