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From: Brad Camroux <bgcamroux@××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Package flag description
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:03:18
Message-Id: 20060617184919.GB15898@rigel.orion
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Package flag description by Leandro Melo de Sales
1 On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 02:48:59PM -0300, Leandro Melo de Sales wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > is there a place (URL) where can I find a description of a
5 > particular package flag? For example, when I type:
6 >
7 > # emerge -pv openldap
8 > ...
9 > Calculating dependencies ...done!
10 >
11 > [ebuild R ] net-nds/openldap-2.3.24-r1 +berkdb +crypt -debug
12 > +gdbm -ipv6 -kerberos -minimal -odbc -overlays +perl +readline +samba
13 > +sasl (-selinux) +slp +ssl +tcpd 0 kB
14 >
15 > I'd like to know what the "minimal" flag include and its propose. I
16 > know that I can control the flags in /etc/portage/package.use
17 >
18
19 I find www.gentoo-portage.com to be a useful site for this stuff, too.
20 Just search for your package, select it, and the click on USE Flags to
21 get a description of the various flags. Not all of them are documented,
22 but most are.
23
24 HTH,
25
26 Brad
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