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 Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 7:47 am Post subject: question about USE variables |
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i remember on my last slackware install i needed to install the gtk-html lib in order to have html email properly viewed in balsa. this led me down a wild goose chase of dependencies that never really came to an end. eventually i gave up and didnt get html support. oh well.
i've been doing a bit of reading in the manuals (i've printed out all the gentoo manuals and put them in a spiffy gentoo binder) and i've taken a look at the default USE variables specificed in /etc/make.profile/make.defaults.
i saw that there was gtk listed under there. if i installed an app that required gtk-html would that gtk listing be enough to satisfy that dependency or would i have to actually input "gtk-html" as a separate USE variable?
i also know that the latest QT has an acceleration option for Mach64 cards (s'what i got). if i were to put Mach64 in my USE variable would it include that option when compiling QT?
thanks,
ryan
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kraylus
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| Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 8:20 am Post subject: |
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just for kicks, i specified gtkhtml in my USE variable and it worked!! i did a
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and it listed all the extra dependencies. one other thing now...
in the file /etc/make.profile/make.defaults (where i specified the extra USE variable) there's also an ARCH variable with a default of x86.
i have a p2 233 and i compiled everything using the 686 architecture. should i specify 686 there?
ryan
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lx
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| Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| kraylus wrote: | | i have a p2 233 and i compiled everything using the 686 architecture. should i specify 686 there?ryan |
No it just defines the architecture like x86 / ppc (powerpc) / sparc. Think it's used during the compilation of some packages to apply specific methods for ppc or sparc.
Btw. You could check the balsa-2.0.0.ebuild file for the USE flags it handles.
Cya lX.
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