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On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 08:53:10PM -0700, maxim wexler wrote |
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> > Differs from both of yours again. Here's my |
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> > package.use for the machine: |
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> > dragonfly ~ # cat /etc/portage/package.use |
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> no such file on my machine. Did I miss something? |
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package.use is a file where you can turn USE flags on or off *FOR |
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INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES*. Here's mine... |
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app-misc/mc -X |
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app-office/openoffice-bin java |
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app-text/xpdf motif |
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media-gfx/gimp doc exif |
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media-libs/win32codecs real |
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media-video/mplayer custom-cflags i8x0 real sse2 3dnowext mmxext |
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net-misc/wget ssl |
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net-nntp/slrn uudeview |
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sys-libs/glibc userlocales |
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www-client/links svga |
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sys-apps/busybox static |
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There are some options that certain packages *MUST* have, while other |
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packages *MUST NOT* have them. E.g. busybox is a "rescue package". It |
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is most likely going to be required when libraries are screwed up. So |
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it needs static linking, which is a bad idea for most apps. I use mc |
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(Midnight Commander) mostly in text consoles. It has weird interaction |
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with X. I therefore turn off X support for mc. svga pounds away |
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directly at IO ports, and requires setuid root (or else run an app as |
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root). It's OK with links, but I don't want it in my global USE var, |
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because then a whole bunch of other apps, besides links, will start |
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requiring setuid. |
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Additionally, check /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc for |
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package-specific flags. /etc/portage/package.use is where those flags |
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should go. |
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> This is all I got: |
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> USE="java alsa esd mad mp3 ogg oss vorbis xmms" |
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> Assembling these flags has been hit or miss. Something I read in a |
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> forum somewhere or just a guess. It certainly doesn't represent all |
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> the software I've emerged since setting up this system about 4 months |
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> ago. Is there some sort of tried and true method of determining what |
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> USE flags to use. |
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cat /proc/cpuinfo |
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on your machine, and post the output on this list. That'll let us know |
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what CFLAGS and USE flags your cpu supports. And of course, a lot |
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depends on what programs you're running on your machine. |
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-- |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca |
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