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Zazzman
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:06 pm    Post subject: Noobish Use flag question. Reply with quote

emerging a few things produces little error messages at the bottom:

Code:
The following USE changes are necessary to proceed:
#required by sys-apps/busybox-1.20.2[static], required by @system, required by @world (argument)
>=sys-libs/libselinux-2.1.12-r1 static-libs


Meanwhile, adding
Code:
=sys-libs/libselinux static-libs

to package.use produces another error with env-update:
Code:
--- Invalid atom in /etc/portage/package.use: =sys-libs/libselinux


So far, I've only run into this with packages and flags that seem somewhat useful, stuff that I had taken out of my make.conf for a oneshot install to break circular dependencies, like with mesa and X.

But this time, I have no idea what the use-flag "static-libs" does. It builds static libraries... and I don't know what that means for my system. If I put that flag into my make.conf, portage quits complaining, and *everything* is built as and using static libs. But... there has to be a downside to it, right? Otherwise, why would I be given that choice of dynamic or static libs?

If that is a problem, what can I do to work around it?
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

get rid of the equals sign. It is only used for specifying the exact version, which you are not.

It also will not build everything as static. Only those with the flag. In practice, I don't think you would notice the difference. Package.use is probably a better policy though.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zazzman,

If you want to use a comparision operator as you gave in
Code:
=sys-libs/libselinux static-libs

you must also give a version, as the message said.
Code:
>=sys-libs/libselinux-2.1.12-r1 static-libs
or there is nothing to compare against.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow. That, uhm...

Thanks for pointing out the obvious to the oblivious!
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