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From: Willie Wong <wwong@×××××××××.EDU>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Still not getting how to influence compile flags with emerge
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:24:54
Message-Id: 20051202151638.GA1679@princeton.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Still not getting how to influence compile flags with emerge by Harry Putnam
1 On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 09:30:35AM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
2 > I want to influence how vim is compiled. I'm told I need a compile
3 > option called: xterm_clipboard. How do I tell emerge to enable that
4 > at compile time?
5 >
6 > I've been told its done with USE flags but it still isn't clear to mw
7 > how the details work
8 >
9
10 You want the "vim-with-x" flag. Clipped from my 'equery uses vim'
11
12 - - vim-with-x : Link console vim against X11 libraries to enable title and clipboard features in xterm
13
14 > Calculating dependencies ...done!
15 > [ebuild N ] app-editors/vim-6.4 -acl -bash-completion -cscope +gpm
16 > -minimal +nls +perl +python -ruby -vim-with-x 4,752 kB
17 >
18 > Does it mean that the flags displayed are the only ones I can adjust?
19 >
20 Yes, those are the only flags that would influence the compile.
21
22 What you need to do, is to edit /etc/portage/package.use so that
23 there's a line that reads
24
25 app-editors/vim +vim-with-x [and optionally other flags]
26
27 W
28 --
29 ... and there's bird poop on my bed.
30 ~Em. 05-18-02, referring to baby robin she rescued
31 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 20 days, 7:34
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Re: [gentoo-user] Still not getting how to influence compile flags with emerge Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>