[gentoo-user] Understanding emerge -v output: Why are some USE flags in brackets ()?

[Alexander Skwar]

Hi!

I ran emerge -vp dvdrip and got:

[ebuild     U ] media-video/dvdrip-0.98.1 [0.97.10] USE="(-cdr%) fping%* 
(-gnome%*) hal%* (-minimal%) mplayer ogg (-rar%*) -subtitles -vcd% vorbis%* 
-xine% xvid" 0 kB

Why are some of those USE flags, like cdr or gnome, set in brackets, like
so: (-cdr%)?

Thanks,

Alexander Skwar
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