--- Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been Gentooing for some time now, but there are
> still USE flags
> that confound me. Like "ftp" and "ssl," for
> instance--do you need those
> to make FTP/HTTPS connections in a web browser, or
> are those flags just
> for incoming connections, as with FTP/Web servers?
That depends on the specific ebuild. If you read the
ebuild it might tell you.
> Does "-mozilla"
> block Firefox- and Thunderbird-related stuff? And
It should disable mozilla related functionality in
ebuilds that support this flag.
> what happens to use
> flags that aren't specified--are they treated as
> "flag" or "-flag?"
>
The default is - unless they explictly enabled in your
profile or make.conf.
> I've got a lot of questions, but gentoo.org's USE
> flag documentation
> really isn't all that great. More than one line
> about a flag would
> help. Is there any better documentation out there?
>
The flags basically control the options going into a
package's configure script to enable/disable features.
Again, read the ebuild. When you merge packages I
recommend the emerge -av options so you can see which
flags are enabled and disabled before you continue
with the emerge.
Zac
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