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On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Paul Hartman |
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<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Jarry <mr.jarry@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> I want to emerge a certain package, let's say x11-base/xorg-drivers, |
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>> so I try first "emerge --pretend xorg-drivers" and find it has ~50 |
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>> various use-flags (some set, some unset). Where can I find their |
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>> description? For example "vmmouse", what is this USE flag good for? |
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>> Is it something for vmware? |
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>> I checked /etc/portage/profiles/use.desc and use.local.desc but |
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>> there are not all of them... |
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> I'm sure there are 10 ways of doing it, but this is what I use: |
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> equery u x11-base/xorg-drivers |
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> equery is part of app-portage/gentoolkit in case you don't have it |
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> installed. It can do other useful things such as tell you which |
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> package installed a file, or show all files installed by a package. |
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And in the specific case of xorg-drivers those aren't USE flags at all |
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but driver flags :) |