> -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harry Putnam > Sent: 02 December 2005 15:31 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] Still not getting how to influence > compile flags with emerge > > > I want to influence how vim is compiled. I'm told I need a compile > option called: xterm_clipboard. How do I tell emerge to enable that > at compile time? > > I've been told its done with USE flags but it still isn't clear to mw > how the details work > > I'm still not sure what emerge output really means when you run a > pretend install and various flags are displayed with + or minus > > root # emerge -v -p -uD vim > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating dependencies ...done! > [ebuild N ] app-editors/vim-6.4 -acl -bash-completion -cscope +gpm > -minimal +nls +perl +python -ruby -vim-with-x 4,752 kB > > Does it mean that the flags displayed are the only ones I can adjust?
As I understand it, yes. To see which flags a particular package can specify you can either run: ================================================== # emerge -uDpv package_name (just as you did above) ================================================== or you could try the equery command of the gentoolkit, e.g.: ================================================== # # equery uses gnumeric [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend : (U) Col 1 - Current USE flags ] [ : (I) Col 2 - Installed With USE flags ] U I [ Found these USE variables in : app-office/gnumeric-1.2.0 ] - - libgda : Adds GNU Data Access (CORBA wrapper) support for gnumeric - - gnomedb : unknown + + python : Adds support/bindings for the Python language + + bonobo : Adds support for gnome-base/bonobo (Gnome CORBA interfaces)================================================== Of course all this and much more is well documented in the Gentoo guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=2 -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
