Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] foomatic flags
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:23:50
Message-Id: 200611222119.04567.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] foomatic flags by "Bo Ørsted Andresen"
1 On Wednesday 22 November 2006 15:18, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
2 > On Wednesday 22 November 2006 15:37, Mick wrote:
3 > > I am a bit confused with the following USE flags:
4 > > =====================================================
5 > > # emerge -upDv world
6 >
7 > [SNIP]
8 >
9 > > [ebuild U ] net-print/foomatic-3.0.20060601 [3.0.2]
10 > > USE="ppds%* -foomaticdb%" 0 kB
11 >
12 > [SNIP]
13 >
14 > > [ebuild U ] net-print/foomatic-db-20060720 [20050910] USE="(-cups%*)
15 > > (-ppds%*)" 0 kB
16 > > =====================================================
17 > >
18 > > Why the -foomaticdb and -cups?
19 >
20 > Look at `man emerge` (under --verbose) and/or bug #144661.
21 >
22 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144661
23
24 Thanks Bo, but I'm still confused. Would a system use -- net-print/foomatic
25 without foomaticdb? I thought that they go together. With regards to
26 net-print/foomatic-db and (-cups%*) why has this been removed?
27 --
28 Regards,
29 Mick