Harry Putnam wrote: > 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?
USE=vim-with-x emerge vim > I've been told its done with USE flags but it still isn't clear to mw > how the details work USE flags control how a program is made. Most of the time, USE flags will control how a program is compiled (which will most of the time mean, how "configure" is called). But it can also influence other things (eg. where stuff is installed...). > I'm still not sure what emerge output really means when you run a > pretend install and various flags are displayed with + or minus + -> flag is set - -> flag is NOT set > Does it mean that the flags displayed are the only ones I can adjust? Yes. Alexander Skwar -- Men of quality are not afraid of women for equality. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
