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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] meaning of (-clutter) in an emerge USE list
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:09:34
Message-Id: BANLkTinrfaqSoW+3TUnF-5NNtfA=WbPxOQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] meaning of (-clutter) in an emerge USE list by Allan Gottlieb
1 On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote:
2 > In /etc/portage/package.use I have
3 >
4 >    # Need these or for some games
5 >    gnome-extra/gnome-games         clutter opengl
6 >
7 > But when I try to emerge gnome-games, I don't get clutter
8 >
9 >   [ebuild   R   ] gnome-extra/gnome-games-2.30.2-r1  USE="guile opengl -artworkextra (-clutter) -test" 0 kB
10 >
11 > I know that the (-clutter) means that the clutter flag has been removed,
12 > but I can't see why it is removed.  Indeed the ebuild specifically warns
13 > me that disabling clutter means certain games are not built.
14
15 It is masked by profile. Look in
16 /usr/portage/profile/base/package.use.mask you can see:
17
18 # Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@g.o> (29 Jun 2010)
19 # Mask clutter till introspection is unmasked
20 =gnome-extra/gnome-games-2.3* clutter

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Re: [gentoo-user] meaning of (-clutter) in an emerge USE list Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>