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From: Heinz Sporn <heinz.sporn@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge inforamtion
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:36:49
Message-Id: 1143725495.9702.22.camel@spok.local.sporn-it.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge inforamtion by contiemilio@virgilio.it
1 Am Donnerstag, den 30.03.2006, 15:26 +0000 schrieb
2 contiemilio@××××××××.it:
3 > USE flags doubts (again).
4 >
5 > If I run this command:
6 >
7 > emerge -pv hplip
8 >
9 > the output is:
10 > [ebuild R ] net-print/hplip-0.9.7-r3 +X +cups +foomaticdb -ppds +qt
11 > +scanner* -snmp +usb 0 kB
12 >
13 > There are 5 flags prefixed by a plus and red coloured (+X, +cups, +foomaticdb,
14 > +qt and +usb). These flags are already set. Right?
15
16 Right.
17
18 >
19 > There are 2 flags prefixed by a menus and blue coloured (-ppds and -snmp).
20 > These flags are not set. But, should I set them?
21
22 If you need or want builtin support for ppds and/or snmp then yes.
23
24 >
25 > Finally there is anoter flag prefixed by a plus and green coloured
26 > (+scanner*). What does the trailing * mean? What does the green colour mean?
27
28 A previous build did not include those flags. The new build would.
29
30 >
31 > Thank you a lot in advance.
32 >
33 > emilio
34 >
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