Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags information resource

2007-01-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 02 January 2007 15:35, Alan E. Davis wrote: > Thank you for the insight, Alan. I am just getting to the point of > understanding this. As a non -developer/programmer I have been at a > loss to understand these basic points about USE flags. Over time, > they begin to make sense. Your

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags information resource

2007-01-02 Thread Alan E. Davis
Thank you for the insight, Alan. I am just getting to the point of understanding this. As a non -developer/programmer I have been at a loss to understand these basic points about USE flags. Over time, they begin to make sense. Your pointer about the ebuilds is extremely valuable. Maybe it's j

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags information resource

2007-01-01 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 01 January 2007 05:52, Alan E. Davis wrote: > On 12/31/06, Aniruddha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think this is an excellent idea! For starters you can use euse: > > > > # euse -i useflagname > > I already use euse. It is really helpful. The short descriptions > of the USE flags a

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags information resource

2006-12-31 Thread Alan E. Davis
On 12/31/06, Aniruddha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think this is an excellent idea! For starters you can use euse: # euse -i useflagname I already use euse. It is really helpful. The short descriptions of the USE flags are often helpful. Just as often, they are not informative enough t

Re: [gentoo-user] USE flags information resource

2006-12-26 Thread Thomas Tuttle
On December 26 at 20:38 EST, Alan E. Davis hastily scribbled: > I wiki about USE flags would be extremely useful. Am I the only one, or are > newbies the only ones who encounter USE flags with cryptic significance? > The descriptions from euse, profuse, etc., are a bit of a help alot of the > time

[gentoo-user] USE flags information resource

2006-12-26 Thread Alan E. Davis
After about a year of using Gentoo, I am very pleased. Not being a programmer, I do tend to spend alot of time on that learning curve. It has become more and more apparent in the past couple of months that USE flags really *are* as fantastic as they are cracked up to be, in at least one way---th