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From: Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:58:28
Message-Id: 96459383.vFnzYCVaON@m-id.message-center.info
1 Hi!
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3 I ran emerge -vp dvdrip and got:
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5 [ebuild U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] USE="(-cdr%) fping%* (-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg (-rar%*) -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%* -xine% xvid" 0 kB
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7 Why are some of those USE flags, like cdr or gnome, set in brackets, like
8 so: (-cdr%)?
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10 Thanks,
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12 Alexander Skwar
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14 for ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING!!
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