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Dale schreef: |
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> Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: |
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>> in order to build documentation. Remove the doc USE flag if you |
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>> don't want it to. |
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> So the Kernel has documentation or is this the little help screen in |
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> menuconfig? I need that help screen. I don't know what half that |
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> stuff is even with the help. |
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> Don't they have a new thing that we can override the USE for specific |
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> packages in /etc/portage? This would be a good time to use it if it |
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> is not the help screen. Maybe that was a future feature I was |
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> reading about. ???? |
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No, the "doc" USE flag is extra documentation, |
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useflag doc |
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/usr/portage/profiles/use.desc:doc - Adds extra documentation (API, |
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Javadoc, etc) |
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the 'help' screen you're talking about is part of the kernel. Removing |
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it doesn't remove internal help, like the kernel help, or man and info |
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pages-- those are *required*, and options subject to USE flags are |
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*optional*. |
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But if it will help, I don't use the "doc" flag either: |
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[ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.14 -build |
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-doc +symlink (-ultra1) 38,399 kB |
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And my kernel help works fine. |
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And what you're talking about w.r.t the overriding of USE flags is not |
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'a new thing' (though it may be new to you :-) ), it's a Portage feature. |
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You can create a file, called /etc/portage/package.use, which contains |
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such overrides; here's a snippet of mine: |
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sys-libs/glibc userlocales erandom glibc-compat20 glibc-omitfp |
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linuxthreads-tls |
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www-client/kazehakase-cvs estraier firefox thumbnail |
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www-client/mozilla-firefox mozsvg mozxmlterm |
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www-client/mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mozp3p mozplaintext |
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mozsvg mozxmlterm |
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www-client/galeon firefox |
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mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird mozplaintext |
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mail-client/sylpheed-claws clamav dillo |
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media-video/gxine -mozilla |
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dev-libs/gmime mono |
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dev-python/gnome-python-extras mozilla |
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net-libs/gecko-sdk mozsvg mozdevelop |
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dev-java/blackdown-jre mozilla |
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dev-java/blackdown-jdk mozilla |
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dev-java/sun-jre-bin mozilla |
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Read man portage for more details. |
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In any case, this feature allows you to override the USE flags for |
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specific packages, while leaving the flag active for the rest of the |
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packages that may use it. |
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So if I was someone who actually used the "mozilla" USE flag generally |
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(it was + in /etc/make.conf), gxine would build without it, but other |
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programs that use it would still build with it, because I only overrode |
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/etc/make.conf with respect to gxine, not all other programs-- and in |
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fact all my java installs and gnome-python extras will be built with the |
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flag active (because I specified that, too). |
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Keeps one from clogging up /etc/make.conf with anything but the |
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"essentials" (truly global settings). |
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Read man portage for more details; it's a wealth of information. |
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Holly |
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