Re: [gentoo-user] Still not getting how to influence compile flags with emerge

[Alexander Skwar]

Harry Putnam wrote:
> I want to  influence how vim is compiled.  I'm told I need a compile
> option called: xterm_clipboard.  How do I tell emerge to enable that
> at compile time?

USE=vim-with-x emerge vim

> I've been told its done with USE flags but it still isn't clear to mw
> how the details work

USE flags control how a program is made. Most of the time,
USE flags will control how a program is compiled (which
will most of the time mean, how "configure" is called). But
it can also influence other things (eg. where stuff is
installed...).

> I'm still not sure what emerge output really means when you run a
> pretend install and various flags are displayed with + or minus

+	-> flag is set
-	-> flag is NOT set

> Does it mean that the flags displayed are the only ones I can adjust?

Yes.

Alexander Skwar
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