How do I dump use flags?

05-19-2011, 08:00 PM

On 05/19/2011 11:45 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hi, Gentoo.
>
> How do I list out a list of current USE flags?

Besides the "emerge --info" examples already given, if you have
gentoolkit installed, you can use

euse -i

which, in the example above, lists out all the flags, where they come
from and which package uses them. Typically, though, you would use:

euse -i dhcp

to see what the dhcp use flag does.

05-20-2011, 08:17 AM

There is a profile for gnome I believe.

Try "eselect profile list" which should list available profiles including a gnome.

You will need symlinks in "USE" flags in make.conf to get eselect to work and reemerged world.

Not sure how good profile is but sure some gnome users should be able to help.
------Original Message------
From: Felix Leif Keppmann
To: Gentoo
ReplyTo: Gentoo
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I dump use flags?
Sent: 19 May 2011 19:58

Hey Alan,

to get the current USE flags use

emerge --info

and look at USE="..."

This does not include local use flags, for those you should check your files in
/etc/portage/package.use or /etc/portage/package.use/

Cheers
Felix Leif

On Thursday 19 May 2011 18:45:41 Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hi, Gentoo.
>
> How do I list out a list of current USE flags?
>
> The reason I ask is I'm hypothesising that my recent troubles in Gnome
> may be due to not having a suitable profile. I would like to select a
> different profile and compare its USE flags with those of my current
> profile.

JDM

05-20-2011, 10:02 AM

Hi, Bill.

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 01:00:45PM -0700, Bill Longman wrote:
> On 05/19/2011 11:45 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Hi, Gentoo.

> > How do I list out a list of current USE flags?

> Besides the "emerge --info" examples already given, if you have
> gentoolkit installed, you can use

> euse -i

> which, in the example above, lists out all the flags, where they come
> from and which package uses them.

It doesn't accept ctrl-C. ;-(

> Typically, though, you would use:

> euse -i dhcp

> to see what the dhcp use flag does.

OK, thanks for telling about euse.

--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

05-20-2011, 10:06 AM

Hi, Alan.

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 08:55:52PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Apparently, though unproven, at 20:45 on Thursday 19 May 2011, Alan Mackenzie
> did opine thusly:

> > Hi, Gentoo.

> > How do I list out a list of current USE flags?

> emerge --info | grep USE

Thanks!

> > The reason I ask is I'm hypothesising that my recent troubles in Gnome
> > may be due to not having a suitable profile. I would like to select a
> > different profile and compare its USE flags with those of my current
> > profile.

> --
> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

05-20-2011, 10:28 AM

Alan Mackenzie:
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 01:00:45PM -0700, Bill Longman wrote:

>> euse -i
>
>> which, in the example above, lists out all the flags, where they come
>> from and which package uses them.
>
> It doesn't accept ctrl-C. ;-(

Have noticed that also. *g*

Hartmut
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05-23-2011, 09:10 AM

On Friday 20 May 2011 09:17:48 JDM wrote:

> Try "eselect profile list" which should list available profiles including
> a gnome.
>
> You will need symlinks in "USE" flags in make.conf to get eselect to work
> and reemerged world.

What do you mean? Symlinks in USE flags? I'm flummoxed.

> Not sure how good profile is but sure some gnome users should be able to

The KDE one works fine for me.

--
Rgds
Peter

05-23-2011, 10:13 AM

Ignore the bit about symlinks. Sorry talking garbage. Not sure what I was thinking but trying to suggest there is a use flag called symlink. Its not related to this. Apologies.

------Original Message------
From: Peter Humphrey
To: Gentoo
ReplyTo: Gentoo
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I dump use flags?
Sent: 23 May 2011 10:10

On Friday 20 May 2011 09:17:48 JDM wrote:

> Try "eselect profile list" which should list available profiles including
> a gnome.
>
> You will need symlinks in "USE" flags in make.conf to get eselect to work
> and reemerged world.

What do you mean? Symlinks in USE flags? I'm flummoxed.

> Not sure how good profile is but sure some gnome users should be able to

The KDE one works fine for me.

--
Rgds
Peter

JDM