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certem
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:34 am    Post subject: Relationship between profile list and use flags Reply with quote

Hi
When we choose a profile during the installation do we also choose some invisible use flags?

In the /etc/portage/make.conf file initially there were a few flags (or one flag only I don't remember which had one flag only and which had few flags because I'm trying installations on 2 different computers one 32 bit and the other 64 bit)

What led to me to this thought is that I saw when installing xorg:

Code:
# emerge -pv xorg-drivers

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ]  x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.9  INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics
-acecad -aiptek -elographics% -fpit% -joystick -keyboard -mouse -penmount -tslib
-virtualbox -vmmouse -void -wacom"
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon -apm -ark -ast -chips -cirrus -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx
(-geode) -glint -i128 (-i740) (-impact) -intel -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport)
-nouveau -nv -nvidia -r128 -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis
-sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx)
-tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -via -virtualbox -vmware (-voodoo) (-xgi)"
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hydrapolic
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Profiles may setup some use flags (http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Profile), however each ebuild can be given an IUSE as is the case of Xorg (http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/eapi/index.html).
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Profiles are stored into the profile subdir in the portage directory (usually /usr/portage/profiles). Just taking a look at the files in there should enlighten you.
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