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Stroller wrote: |
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> On 20 Nov 2009, at 10:05, Johannes Kimmel wrote: |
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>> Jarry wrote: |
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>>> Hi, |
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>>> I want to emerge a certain package, let's say x11-base/xorg-drivers, |
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>>> so I try first "emerge --pretend xorg-drivers" and find it has ~50 |
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>>> various use-flags (some set, some unset). Where can I find their |
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>>> description? For example "vmmouse", what is this USE flag good for? |
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>>> Is it something for vmware? |
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>>> I checked /etc/portage/profiles/use.desc and use.local.desc but |
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>>> there are not all of them... |
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>>> Jarry |
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>> Maybe you want to try this little peace of code: |
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>> alias findflag="flagedit --desc --list | grep -i" |
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>> Works really great. If you search for a pattern, just "findflag foo". |
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>> If you search for a specific use-flag you just add ":" at the end, |
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>> like "findflag bar:" |
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>> Don't forget to install flagedit first, if you haven't already. |
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> Surely this is just a re-implementation of the existing app-portage/euses? |
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> $ euses foo |
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> foomaticdb - Adds support for the foomatic printing driver database |
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> $ |
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> Stroller. |
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seems so. but since I use flagedit anyway, I don't need another |
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programm. Output is nearly the same. |
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