On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:59:26 -0600 Brock Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Not exactly true, USE flags set the compile time options for a lot of | packages. in some cases this is to disable some options, for example, | -arts to disable arts support in XMMS, it can also be used to ADD | functions at compile time. ie. USE='mysql' when compiling qmail may | enable certain mysql options in the program.
Okay, maybe I should have phrased that as "USE flags only disable *optional* support, not *mandatory* support (and btw they also do other things too)". Hrm, I think we need an upgrade to English 7.0. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail: ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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