--- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 08:53:10PM -0700, maxim > wexler wrote > > > > Differs from both of yours again. Here's my > > > package.use for the machine: > > > > > > dragonfly ~ # cat /etc/portage/package.use > > > > no such file on my machine. Did I miss something? > > package.use is a file where you can turn USE flags > on or off *FOR > INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES*. Here's mine... > > > app-misc/mc -X > app-office/openoffice-bin java > app-text/xpdf motif > media-gfx/gimp doc exif > media-libs/win32codecs real > media-video/mplayer custom-cflags i8x0 real sse2 > 3dnowext mmxext > net-misc/wget ssl > net-nntp/slrn uudeview > sys-libs/glibc userlocales > www-client/links svga > sys-apps/busybox static > > > There are some options that certain packages > *MUST* have, while other > packages *MUST NOT* have them. E.g. busybox is a > "rescue package". It > is most likely going to be required when libraries > are screwed up. So > it needs static linking, which is a bad idea for > most apps. I use mc > (Midnight Commander) mostly in text consoles. It > has weird interaction > with X. I therefore turn off X support for mc. > svga pounds away > directly at IO ports, and requires setuid root (or > else run an app as > root). It's OK with links, but I don't want it in > my global USE var, > because then a whole bunch of other apps, besides > links, will start > requiring setuid. > > Additionally, check > /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc for > package-specific flags. /etc/portage/package.use is > where those flags > should go. > > > This is all I got: > > USE="java alsa esd mad mp3 ogg oss vorbis xmms" > > > > Assembling these flags has been hit or miss. > Something I read in a > > forum somewhere or just a guess. It certainly > doesn't represent all > > the software I've emerged since setting up this > system about 4 months > > ago. Is there some sort of tried and true method > of determining what > > USE flags to use. > > cat /proc/cpuinfo [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 12 model name : AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3100+ stepping : 0 cpu MHz : 1808.711 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 3579.90 > > on your machine, and post the output on this list. > That'll let us know > what CFLAGS and USE flags your cpu supports. And of > course, a lot > depends on what programs you're running on your > machine. > > -- > Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My musings on technology and security at > http://tech_sec.blog.ca > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
