[gobolinux-users] New release of Scripts and Compile

[Daniele Maccari]

Jonas Karlsson wrote:
> On 06/05/2008, Michael Homer <michael at gobolinux.org> wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Daniele Maccari <gobo.users at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  > Michael Homer wrote:
>>  >  >
>>  >  >>  Finally we have use flags in Scripts and Compile. While not that
>>  >  >>  many recipes or packages are updated to support this yet, it
>>  >  >>  will be more common with time. Flags to be used on the system can
>>  >  >>  be set in /System/Settings/UseFlags.conf or by setting the $USE
>>  >  >>  environment variable. Look in the file for examples on how flags
>>  >  >>  should be spedified in that file. For the environment variable
>>  >  >>  flags are space separated and applied to applications with the
>>  >  >>  '@' operator: export USE="+python -pam at KDE-Base"
>>  >  >>  which will enable python for all programs, but disable pam for
>>  >  >>  KDE-Base.
>>  >  >>
>>  >  > But please, people, use UseFlags.conf, that's what it's for. Exporting
>>  >  > USE= something is just stupid, it's just for quick `USE=foo Compile
>>  >  > MyNewLocalRecipe` testing of your recipes.
>>  >  > -Michael
>>  >  >
>>  >  Oh, by the way, does a list of use flags exist?
>>
>> Yes, here it is:
>>
>>  As you can see, it's quite short at the moment. We'll find out what
>>  the flags are when people start using them in recipes; I can tell you
>>  that there's going to be an "esound" flag, because I have a recipe
>>  sitting here, but not much else.
>>     
>
> There will also be "pam" and "cracklib" flags (I have recipes pending
> here). Which reminds me - I need more input on implementing pam for
> 015 (but I'll write about that in another thread).
>   
Ok then, I'll put my imagination at work ;)

thanks and bye