On Thursday 09 March 2006 10:29, "Daniel da Veiga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags': > On 3/9/06, Goran Maksimoviæ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I saw that there was a discussion about USE flags and I would seek > > your advice on that matter. > > Well, when I installed Gentoo 2006.0, I used the GRP and Dynamic Stage > 3, so, couldn't set my USE flags.
Well, you could, but then portage would have decided to not use (some of) the available binary packages (since they had different USE settings). > I don't set USE at make.conf. After the GRP install, I sync'ed, then > issued a "emerge -uDNpv world" and started "emerge -pv"ing each > package in the list, checking USEs and writting them to package.use. > After that, each and every package installed follows the same path. > This way you don't loose control over your flags and avoid useless > stuff (like compiling a lot of programs with KDE support when you only > need kde-base because of K3B). That's roughly the way I do it. Although, initially I started with stage1... In any case, I just do regular 'emerge -avtuND world's and make sure and read the USE flags there. Paying /particular/ attention to yellow (new) or stared (changed) use flags. Also, after any change to /etc/portage/package.use or the USE variable in make.conf, I do a emerge -avtuND world. Occasionally, I'll notice some feature I want is missing, them I emerge -pv or equery u the package to check use flags to tweak. If the use flag doesn't jump out at me, I might continue with a grep against use.desc and use.local or a emerge -pve package (in case the functionality is actually missing from a dependency). I used to be fairly religious about putting global use flags in make.conf and package-specific use flags in package.use -- I no longer do this since the gentoo developers are nice enough to rarely overlap local use flags, so I can just stick everything into a gargantuan USE variable in make.conf. It's easier that way since I manage my use flags with euse. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
