quoth the Allan Spagnol Comar: > Jaap van Geffen wrote: > >On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 08:42 -0300, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: > >>Hi I am a new gentoo user and I got some doubts about the USE flags, I > >>know this question should be post allot and I apologize for that, but > >>I was wondering, I am not using any USE flags I got GNOME and ALSA on > >>my system; it will make any diference use then, or by not putting any > >>use flags it got all ..... > >> > >>Sorry for the question, and thank you all. > > > >Don't mind,but what's your question?? > > My question is if I build a system, like installing software and I do > not have setted any USE flags this will change the software, like I > emerge anjuta ( Development IDE for Gnome ) without gtk or gnome Flags > will make any diference ? If will make diference, how do I know what > flags each package need. > > Sory the poor english, but this are my doubts. > > Thank you. Allan
Adding '-v' to your emerge commands will provide a list of what use flags each package can use, and how your currently set use flags relate to that. $ equery uses packagename will also display this info, as well as a brief description of what the flag does. Sometimes though, these sentences are not too descriptive. In any event, the surefire way to see what a use flag is doing is to look at the ebuild script. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
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