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On Wednesday 17 May 2006 23:48, Jonathan Chocron <jonathan.chocron@××××.fr> |
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wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] New USE Flags, Emerge -e world --> Broken |
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systems -- PLEASE HELP': |
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> Le Mercredi 17 Mai 2006 18:01, Jeremy Olexa a écrit : |
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> > I would start with the defaults, eg. leave USE="" (blank) in make.conf |
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> > and then start editing package.use to modify them from there. type |
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> > emerge --info to see ALL of the use flags that are being used |
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> Yes, USE="" is a good start. However, one has to take into account that |
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> portage adds use flags while going through the emerge process. For |
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> example, if you install mysql in order to use it with amaroK, mysql |
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> would, after that emerge be turned on as a global useflag. |
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Actually, there was some noise about this and I believe it (auto-USE) has |
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gone away. It was confusing to new users and poorly documented. |
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-- |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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