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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] meaning of (-clutter) in an emerge USE list
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:25:03
Message-Id: yu9d3ixfj9j.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] meaning of (-clutter) in an emerge USE list by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On Wed, Jun 01 2011, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2
3 > On Wednesday 01 June 2011 14:25:50 Allan Gottlieb wrote:
4 >> In /etc/portage/package.use I have
5 >>
6 >> # Need these or for some games
7 >> gnome-extra/gnome-games clutter opengl
8 >>
9 >> But when I try to emerge gnome-games, I don't get clutter
10 >>
11 >> [ebuild R ] gnome-extra/gnome-games-2.30.2-r1 USE="guile opengl
12 >> -artworkextra (-clutter) -test" 0 kB
13 >>
14 >> I know that the (-clutter) means that the clutter flag has been removed,
15 >> but I can't see why it is removed. Indeed the ebuild specifically warns
16 >> me that disabling clutter means certain games are not built.
17 >>
18 >> thanks,
19 >> allan
20 >
21 > have you looked at the ebuild? There is probably no clutter option and it is
22 > always forced on.
23
24 Yes I have and yes it is "on by default" (i.e. IUSE has +clutter). But
25 why has it been removed, i.e, why (-clutter) in the emerge output?
26
27 Note that (-clutter) appears whether or not I have clutter in
28 package.use.
29
30 thanks,
31 allan