Hey Jason, What does -* do in the USE section of make.conf? Isn't that like saying "don't use any variables".??
Joshua Banks --- Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 15 September 2003 17:16, Lloyd D Budd wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 03:58, Joshua Banks wrote: > > > When I, > > > bash-2.05b# emerge libungif > > > Calculating dependencies ...done! > > > > > > >>> emerge (1 of 1) media-libs/libungif-4.1.0.1b to / > > > > > > It unpacks source and does its thing and then says this at the end.... > > > > > > > > > * You had the gif USE flag set, so it is assumed that you want > > > * the binary from giflib instead. Please make sure you have > > > * giflib emerged. Otherwise, unset the gif flag and remerge this > > > > > > >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... > > > >>> media-libs/libungif-4.1.0.1b merged. > > > >>> Recording media-libs/libungif in "world" favorites file... > > > >>> clean: No packages selected for removal. > > > >>> > > > >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... > > > >>> Auto-cleaning packages ... > > > >>> > > > >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. > > > > > > * GNU info directory index is up-to-date. > > > > > > I already have media-libs/giflib emerged: > > > Latest version available: 4.1.0-r3 > > > Latest version installed: 4.1.0-r3 > > > Size of downloaded files: 294 kB > > > > Possibly remerge this. > > I hate to sound rude but... please don't try to give advice unless you have > advice to give. What does "possibly" mean? Why should he "possible" remerge > it? > > > > So now I'm assuming that since make.conf USE section is commented with # > > > then its using make.profile and sourcing make.defaults? NO? > > > > Yes. > > Also try to be a bit more clearer... make.defaults is always used. The only > time it isn't is when you've done like me and have -* at the start of your > USE in make.conf. Otherwise it serves as the base. Actually, the default > order can also be changed - look in make.globals to find out how and add the > change to make.conf if you wish. > > > > Alittle confused now as to why it's looking here when I don't remember > > > making this file or making a symlink to this file..Is your system setup > > > like this? > > > > Yes > > Basically, even a meta-distribution has to have a set of defaults. That's > where the defaults are kept. > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Sep 11 17:42 make.profile -> > > > ../usr/portage/profiles/default-x86-1.4 > > > > > > So if its using this file below then whats the use of make.conf? > > > > For your modifications to the USE var. > > And any other vars... > > > > bash-2.05b#less make.defaults > > > > > > USE="x86 oss apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode foomaticdb gdbm gif > > > gpm gtk imlib java jpeg kde gnome libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg > > > ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib png python qt quicktime readline > > > sdl slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype X xml2 xmms xv zlib" > > > > > > ARCH="x86" > > > COMPILER="gcc3" > > > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" > > > > Better to simply look at the output of 'emerge info' > > Again, I think it's better to look at make.defaults. At least then you know > where the use flags are coming from. > > > Jason > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
