Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2020 17:02:59
Message-Id: 20201107170245.08ace732@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd by Jude DaShiell
1 On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 10:27:05 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote:
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3 > Thanks, that would make sense and it is a scenario I had not encountered
4 > before.
5
6 The theory seems to be borne out by the facts.
7
8 ]% equery hasuse -p nocd
9 * Searching for USE flag nocd ...
10 [-P-] [ ] games-action/descent3-1.4.0b-r2:0
11 [-P-] [ -] games-action/fakk2-1.02-r1:0
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13 > On Sat, 7 Nov 2020, phredus wrote:
14 >
15 > > Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 08:36:10
16 > > From: phredus <phredus@×××××.com>
17 > > Reply-To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
18 > > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
19 > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd
20 > >
21 > > I remember in the olden days when we worked with smaller hard drives,
22 > > during installation you would be given the choice to install all the
23 > > files on the CD (meaning the program and the data) or just the files
24 > > needed to run the program. Later have to insert the CD to access the
25 > > rest of the data. MS Flight Sim did that with its multiple (7 CDs I
26 > > believe) data worth of world scenery. Maybe that is what it is
27 > > referring to.
28 > >
29 > >
30 > > > On Nov 7, 2020, at 5:28 AM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@×××××.com>
31 > > > wrote:
32 > > >
33 > > > Hi, I read the description already and the description has me
34 > > > puzzled.
35 > > >
36 > > > On Sat, 7 Nov 2020, phredus wrote:
37 > > >
38 > > >> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 07:35:52
39 > > >> From: phredus <phredus@×××××.com>
40 > > >> Reply-To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
41 > > >> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
42 > > >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] use flag nocd
43 > > >>
44 > > >> nocd Install all files required to run the application
45 > > >> without a CD mounted.
46 > > >>
47 > > >> Here is the whole list:
48 > > >>
49 > > >> https://gentoo.org/support/use-flags/
50 > > >> <https://gentoo.org/support/use-flags/>
51 > > >>
52 > > >> Cheers
53 > > >>
54 > > >>
55 > > >>> On Nov 7, 2020, at 4:31 AM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@×××××.com>
56 > > >>> wrote:
57 > > >>>
58 > > >>> What does it enable and what does it disable?
59 > > >>>
60 > > >>>
61 > > >>>
62 > > >>> --
63 > > >>> United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual
64 > > >>> significant giving.
65 > > >>>
66 > > >>>
67 > > >>
68 > > >>
69 > > >
70 > > > --
71 > > > United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual
72 > > > significant giving.
73 > > >
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84 Neil Bothwick
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86 Exercise daily. Eat wisely. Die anyway.