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PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:28 pm    Post subject: USE Flags Update Issue [solved] Reply with quote

For some reason portage does not want to recognize any chances I make to certain use flags when emerging a package. I just built a system last night, and it is running the latest version of portage with ~amd64 keyword. This is what I get when I type
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USE="3dnow mmx" emerge -av mplayer

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

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre8-r1  USE="X alsa doc encode esd gif gtk ipv6 jpeg mad opengl png rtc sdl truetype vorbis win32codecs xmms xv (-3dfx) (-3dnow) (-3dnowext) -aac -aalib (-altivec) -amr -arts -bidi -bindist -bl -cdparanoia -cpudetection -custom-cflags -debug -dga -directfb -dts -dv -dvb -dvd -dvdread -enca -fbcon -ggi -iconv -jack -joystick -libcaca -lirc -live -livecd -lzo -matrox (-mmx) (-mmxext) -musepack -nas -openal -oss -real -samba -speex (-sse) (-sse2) -svga -tga -theora -unicode -v4l -v4l2 -x264 -xanim -xinerama -xvid -xvmc" 0 kB


Now I am wondering why it still does not add 3dnow and MMX to my use flags, what does the ( ) around the flags mean, as it is only on those that it refuses to activate the use flag.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since they all are related to specific processor instruction sets i would think that your CPU simply doesnt support them.

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# cat /proc/cpuinfo
:?:

edit:
you seem to have an amd64, not sure if they still do/benefit from 3dnow/mmx
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

adrenalin wrote:
Since they all are related to specific processor instruction sets i would think that your CPU simply doesnt support them.

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# cat /proc/cpuinfo
:?:

Wrong - quite the opposite, in fact. These use flags are implied by the amd64 profile, since all amd64:s support the mmx and 3Dnow technologies.

The support for these technologies is thus always compiled in.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it is an AMD Athlon 64, and it supports the instructions, I am on a different computer now, as I do not have X-windows compiled on the other box yet. /proc/cpuinfo does include sse, sse2, mmx, mmxext, 3dnow, 3dnowext, I only listed the two above for brevity sake.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks erikm I figured it was something along those lines. if that is the case though, why doesnt it default to something like


(mmx) and not stay as (-mmx), which gives the appearance of not being compiled in?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nejiron wrote:
if that is the case though, why doesnt it default to something like
(mmx) and not stay as (-mmx), which gives the appearance of not being compiled in?

Has to do with how portage handles these flags internally, it might change in the future.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is win32codecs also standard?

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[ebuild  N    ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre8-r1  USE="X alsa directfb dvd encode esd gif gtk jpeg live mad opengl oss png samba sdl truetype unicode vorbis xv xvid (-3dfx) (-3dnow) (-3dnowext) -aac -aalib (-altivec) -amr -arts -bidi -bindist -bl -cdparanoia -cpudetection -custom-cflags -debug -dga -doc -dts -dv -dvb -dvdread -enca -fbcon -ggi -iconv -ipv6 -jack -joystick -libcaca -lirc -livecd -lzo -matrox (-mmx) (-mmxext) -musepack -nas -openal (-real) -rtc -speex (-sse) (-sse2) (-svga) -tga -theora -v4l -v4l2 (-win32codecs) -x264 -xanim -xinerama -xmms -xvmc" LINGUAS="nl -bg -cs -da -de -el -en -es -fr -hu -ja -ko -mk -no -pl -pt_BR -ro -ru -sk -tr -uk -zh_CN -zh_TW" 8,939 kB


Is this because win32codecs is always compiled in? If so, why?? If not, how do I enable win32codecs on AMD64?
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AFAIK win32codecs doesn't work on any non-x86 architecture.
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