On Sunday 05 Feb 2017 01:44:30 Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > I change in make.conf to: > > USE="bindist" > > > > and I was able to install basic system correctly, network is working and I > > can proceed with castomazation but my next question: What is the correct > > way to configure "USE=" in make.conf? [snip...]
> If I have a flag that I want enabled/disabled on basically > everything that uses that flag, it goes in make.conf. If I have a USE > flag that I may need for just a few packages, or a single package, I put > it in package.use. Yes, this is pretty much the case. System wide USE flags go in make.conf. Package specific USE flags *which do not apply system wide* go in package.use. > As a example. The kde USE flag. Since I run mostly > KDE and want any packages I build to work with KDE, it goes in > make.conf. Errm ... not exactly. If one uses KDE (it's called Plasma these days) then the way to set up system wide KDE USE flags is to select the corresponding profile. This will set up the correct USE flags and help install all necessary dependencies (e.g. Qt, dbus, polkit, etc.). The way to do this is to use 'eselect profile list' and set the desired profile from those listed. This will set a symlink from your make.profile to the required /usr/portage/profiles/default/ selection of USE flags. Afterwards, have a look in the USE flags shown when you run 'emerge --info' to find out what your OS is using in an emerge. If you want something set up globally to cater e.g. for your hardware, which is not shown in 'emerge -- info', you can set it in make.conf. This will avoid polluting your make.conf with duplicate USE flags which are already set by your make.profile. While talking about hardware, you may want to consider installing and running: app-portage/cpuid2cpuflags It will give a list specific to the instruction set of your CPU which you should add in CPU_FLAGS_X86= in your make.conf Finally, have a quick read here where it explains how to interpret the output of emerge messages regarding USE flags and how to differentiate between local, global and conflicting USE flags: https://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/use-flags/index.html HTH -- Regards, Mick
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