Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to trace the origin of a use-flag setting
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:15:58
Message-Id: 1539380.ju382iKLBa@nazgul
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How to trace the origin of a use-flag setting by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Monday 25 July 2011 13:50:47 Helmut Jarausch did opine thusly:
2 > On 07/25/2011 01:34:39 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
3 > > euse -a
4 > >
5 > > part of gentoolkit, I believe.
6 > >
7 > > Ref: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Gentoolkit
8 > >
9 > > Rgds,
10 > >
11 > > On 2011-07-25, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
12 wrote:
13 > > > Hi,
14 > > >
15 > > > emerge -vp app-office/libreoffice
16 > > >
17 > > > shows that the USE flag -java is in effect.
18 > > >
19 > > > How to find out where this comes from?
20 > > >
21 > > > I've checked /etc/portage/package.use
22 > > > /usr/portage/profiles and
23 > >
24 > > /
25 > >
26 > > > etc/make.conf
27 >
28 > Thanks Pandu,
29 >
30 > it turns out, the '-java' use flag is turned on by default.
31 > But I don't know why.
32
33 OOo was run out of Sun remember. It uses java for a whole whack of
34 scriptable stuff, most notably database integration iirc.
35
36
37 > I've just noticed that I can turn it on.
38 >
39 > Helmut.
40 --
41 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com