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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to alter ./configure flags from emerge
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:38:57
Message-Id: 20051123173128.03c027a8@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: How to alter ./configure flags from emerge by Harry Putnam
1 On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:56:43 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
2
3 > I don't need a specific version I simply want the docs to be built.
4 > Adding a use flag of doc or docs does not cause it to be built. At
5 > least not in what was current portage day before yesterday.
6
7 That's because your/etc/portage/package.use file is messed up. You can
8 only have one entry for a package, otherwise the previous entries are
9 overridden by the last one.
10
11 An alternative, when a ./configure option is not covered by USE flags is
12 to put in in the EXTRA_ECONF variable, although this won't work with
13 every ebuild.
14
15 EXTRA_ECONF="--enable-blah" emerge foo/bar
16
17
18 --
19 Neil Bothwick
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21 If at first you don't suceed, try the switch marked "Power"

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