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> On 29 Nov 2016, at 01:34, Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> What does it mean when a USE flag name ends with '%' ? |
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From `man emerge`: |
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The following symbols are affixed to USE flags in order to |
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indicate their status: |
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Symbol Location Meaning |
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────────────────────────────────────────── |
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- prefix not enabled (either disabled or removed) |
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* suffix transition to or from the enabled state |
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% suffix newly added or removed |
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() circumfix forced, masked, or removed |
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{} circumfix state is bound to FEATURES settings |
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> After my last --sync, emerge --qvp -u says (among a heap of other output): |
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> [ebuild R ] dev-db/sqlitebrowser-3.8.0 USE="-qt5 {-test} (-qt4%*)" |
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> Does this mean the package will be rebuilt without any qt support at |
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> all? Why? |
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No, I believe it means that the _option_ to enable or disable qt4 has been removed. |
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It could be that the package is always compiled with qt4, or that it's always disabled, or that `make` detects it automatically. |
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The best things to look at are the ebuild and the changelog. |
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Stroller. |
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