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Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes: |
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> On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:09:14 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > > You will develop your way of doing things over time, and that way |
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> > > could change as your needs do. Using your example of package.use, |
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> > > moving USE flags from package.use to make.conf is an easy enough task |
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> > > if you need to change. I tend to put them n package.use to start with |
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> > > then migrate to make.conf if I find I am using the same flag on |
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> > > several packages. |
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The entire /etc/make.conf directory is parses, so you can take package.use |
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and make a dir out of it and then logically organize your flags into several |
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directories, once a system get's large and complex. |
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> > A simple way to start off is to see whether the USE flag is listed in |
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> > /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc or use.local.desc. If the former, it's |
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> > likely to affect many packages in a typical system so put it in |
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> > make.conf; if the latter, it's likely to affect only a few of your |
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> > packages so put it in package.use. You can always move it later if you |
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> > want to, as Neil says. |
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> app-portage/euses is an easy way of looking up USE flags, give it the |
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> name of a flag and it shows you the description. If it shows one or more |
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> package names, the USE flag is defined in local.desc. |
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All good information. The exciting thing happening in Gentoo right now, |
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is some of the devs are promoting the concept of 'lazy flags'. This |
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basically means some new and additional features will be added to portage |
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or the Packaage Management system (portage, paludis, etc) where additional |
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user defined logic will 'automagically' make default and necessary |
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modifications to flag configurations, and the user just reviews those |
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'auto-enhancements' or something like that. |
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Gentoo never stops innovating, but the caveat is you have to be patient and |
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invest of yourself into learning Gentoo. |
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Gentoo is an addiction, which most of us are quite happy with. Gentoo also |
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has legendary status with many of the brightest minds in computer science, |
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for a myriad of valid reasons. Gentoo is something that is wonderful to be a |
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part of and is an 'honor_badge' of fortitude because one can deeply learn |
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about linux, software and a host of relevant technologies quite readily in a |
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Gentoo environment. |
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Gentoo's future is very bright, unique and most rewarding. Gentoo is my pal |
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and my best friend and what I use to earn money. |
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hth, |
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James |
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