Re: [gentoo-user] Emerging LIRC with LIRC_DEVICES

[BRM]

--- Aline de Freitas <aline@××××××.net> wrote:
> Em Saturday 05 January 2008 17:08:03 BRM escreveu:
> > I'm trying to set up LIRC so I can use my Creative RM-1500 Remote
> that
> > came with my SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum. To set it up I have to set
> the
> > LIRC_DEVICES variable specifically for app-misc/lirc. Per recent
> > thread, I thought I just needed to set the variable in
> > /etc/portage/app-misc/lirc; however, emerge doesn't seem to be
> picking
> > it up. It does pick it up if I set it in /etc/make.conf, but I'd
> rather
> > limit it to just the building of LIRC.
> > I already emerged lirc by setting it on the command-line; emerge
> wants
> > to rebuild lirc - for example, I had to set LIRC_DEVICES on the
> command
> > line for emerging vlc to keep vlc from rebuilding lirc too.
> > Am I not understanding the /etc/portage/app-misc/lirc thing right?
> > What am I doing wrong?
> > (I don't mind rebuilding lirc once more, but I'd like to get it
> set-up
> > right.)
> I supose, LIRC_DEVICES is a portage variable like LINGUAS or
> VIDEO_CARDS. I
> don't think that any other package uses this variable. vlc, mplayer,
> and
> others, have a lirc USE flag and once its set globally or per package
> and
> lirc builded it shouldn't ask for rebuild lirc again.
>
> So LIRC_DEVICES needs to be under /etc/make.conf
>
> It works also as a USE flag (but I don't know why would you need
> this) as, for
> exemplo:
>
> LIRC_DEVICES=serial
>
> Is the same as:
>
> USE=lirc_devices_serial

Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of that USE flag method - kinda
cool, and kinda makes sense. Guess I'll just leave it in make.conf.

Thanks.

Ben
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