--- Aline de Freitas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Em Saturday 05 January 2008 17:08:03 BRM escreveu: > > I'm trying to set up LIRC so I can use my Creative RM-1500 Remote > that > > came with my SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum. To set it up I have to set > the > > LIRC_DEVICES variable specifically for app-misc/lirc. Per recent > > thread, I thought I just needed to set the variable in > > /etc/portage/app-misc/lirc; however, emerge doesn't seem to be > picking > > it up. It does pick it up if I set it in /etc/make.conf, but I'd > rather > > limit it to just the building of LIRC. > > I already emerged lirc by setting it on the command-line; emerge > wants > > to rebuild lirc - for example, I had to set LIRC_DEVICES on the > command > > line for emerging vlc to keep vlc from rebuilding lirc too. > > Am I not understanding the /etc/portage/app-misc/lirc thing right? > > What am I doing wrong? > > (I don't mind rebuilding lirc once more, but I'd like to get it > set-up > > right.) > I supose, LIRC_DEVICES is a portage variable like LINGUAS or > VIDEO_CARDS. I > don't think that any other package uses this variable. vlc, mplayer, > and > others, have a lirc USE flag and once its set globally or per package > and > lirc builded it shouldn't ask for rebuild lirc again. > > So LIRC_DEVICES needs to be under /etc/make.conf > > It works also as a USE flag (but I don't know why would you need > this) as, for > exemplo: > > LIRC_DEVICES=serial > > Is the same as: > > USE=lirc_devices_serial
Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of that USE flag method - kinda cool, and kinda makes sense. Guess I'll just leave it in make.conf. Thanks. Ben -- [email protected] mailing list
