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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] where can I find USE flags description?
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:10
Message-Id: FC082B2B-AE4A-49C0-A147-8D8DAABB4029@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] where can I find USE flags description? by Johannes Kimmel
1 On 20 Nov 2009, at 10:05, Johannes Kimmel wrote:
2
3 > Jarry wrote:
4 >> Hi,
5 >>
6 >> I want to emerge a certain package, let's say x11-base/xorg-drivers,
7 >> so I try first "emerge --pretend xorg-drivers" and find it has ~50
8 >> various use-flags (some set, some unset). Where can I find their
9 >> description? For example "vmmouse", what is this USE flag good for?
10 >> Is it something for vmware?
11 >>
12 >> I checked /etc/portage/profiles/use.desc and use.local.desc but
13 >> there are not all of them...
14 >>
15 >> Jarry
16 >>
17 > Maybe you want to try this little peace of code:
18 >
19 > alias findflag="flagedit --desc --list | grep -i"
20 >
21 > Works really great. If you search for a pattern, just "findflag
22 > foo". If you search for a specific use-flag you just add ":" at the
23 > end, like "findflag bar:"
24 > Don't forget to install flagedit first, if you haven't already.
25
26 Surely this is just a re-implementation of the existing app-portage/
27 euses?
28
29 $ euses foo
30 foomaticdb - Adds support for the foomatic printing driver database
31 $
32
33 Stroller.

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Re: [gentoo-user] where can I find USE flags description? Johannes Kimmel <johannes.kimmel@×××.de>