Hi Brett. Thank you for the swift reply. You provide sicinct info. Unfortunately, I cannot info for the negative case. Do you know the answers to my specific questions?
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 10:10, brett holcomb wrote: > Most packages have many options that they can be > configured and built with. However, not everyone needs or > wants all of them. For example, I may not want to compile > a package with arts options since I don't use KDE. In > another distro we have to use flags on the configure > command line like: > > configure --without-arts > > Since we don't do this directly in Gentoo this handled > with the USE flag. The USE flag tells Gentoo what > options to build the package with. For example if you > have a package who has an option to build with xmms you > can specify xmms in USE and the package will be built with > xmms. It's like specifying --with-xmms on the configure > line. Conversely, -xmms says do NOT configure with the > xmms option. By default, if a flag is not unset (has - in > front of it in the USE variable) it is considered set and > the package is compiled with that option. > > As above since I don't use KDE I have -arts -qt -KDE in my > USE variable. > > Please note that the USE flag only applies to optional > components for a package. If a package must have xmms to > run then it will be compiled with xmms no matter what your > USE variable is. > > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:38:09 -0400 > Lloyd D Budd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I am trying to better understand flags. I believe I have > >reviewed each > >of the related documents, but I am still not sure of the > >impact of -flag > >when in an ebuild? > > > >For example when I 'emerge -pv xfree' the output is: > >x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r3 [4.3.0-r2] -3dfx -sse -mmx -3dnow > >-xml2 > >+truetype +nls -cjk +doc -ipv6 -debug -static > > > >Does this mean that debug is not avialable? ie > >USE='debug' will have no > >possible effect. Or does this ean that I can optionally > >remove debug > >using USE='-debug'? > > > >Cheers, > >Lloyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
