[Solved] emerge -pv: what do use flags with "*" mean?

jewellgm · n00b Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 34

Hi All,

I've been attempting to get RealPlayer to install some codecs, and have been having some difficulties. Thinking that the problem might be with USE flags, I performed an emerge -pv on the following packages: realplayer, mplayer, win32codecs.

In the list of flags for the packages, I noticed something which I don't understand. I explicitly set some flags, such as "real". The output of the emerge would show the flag as "-real*".

What does this mean? I am guessing that it means the flag was set, but not used for some reason. I couldn't find anything about this in the emerge manpages.

Thanks!

niskel · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject:

They are to indicate USE flags for a package that is already installed that have changed since it has been installed. If you were to reinstall/update that package, that USE flag would be used.

jewellgm · n00b Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 34

Thank you for the very fast reply!

After your response, I read the emerge manpage again, this time looking at the --newuse option. It looks like the information you told me was right there -- I was just looking in the wrong section.

Thanks for the information!