[mythtv-users] gentoo emerge of mythfrontend problem

[Shane Hetzel]

You can also edit your /etc/make.conf file to include this flag on a
permanent basis, if you know what flags you want to set or clear ("mysql" in
this case"). But in general, I edit the make.conf file with ufed, too. Not
only is it easier to understand (and therefore more mistake-proof), it also
lists all the valid flags for the system (provided that it's kept
up-to-date).

Another good utility is etcat, found in the gentoolkit package. It lets you
interrogate packages before you install them. For instance, before I install
... xine-lib, for example, I may run it and get the following.

#etcat -u xine-lib
[ Colour Code : set unset ]
[ Legend      : (U) Col 1 - Current USE flags        ]
[             : (I) Col 2 - Installed With USE flags ]

 U I [ Found these USE variables in : media-libs/xine-lib-1_beta12 ]
 + + arts      : Adds support for aRts: the KDE sound daemon
 + + esd       : Adds support for media-sound/esound (Enlightened Sound
Daemon)
 - - avi       : Adds Win32 AVI support and also adds avifile (Library for
avi) support
 + + nls       : unknown
 - - dvd       : Adds support for DVDs
 - - aalib     : Adds support for media-libs/aalib (ASCII-Graphics Library)
 + + X         : Adds support for XFree86
 + + directfb  : Adds support for DirectFB layer (library for FB devices)
 - - oggvorbis : Adds support for the OggVorbis audio encoding
 + + alsa      : Adds support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture)


The example shows that there are 10 flags that xinelib would pay attention
to, and that I could add the dvd, avi, aalib, and oggvorbis flags to get
some additional capabilities built into the package. (Don't worry, I DO have
avi, dvd, and oggvorbis turned on in reality.)

You should also know that some flags, such as X, are assumed by portage to
be "on" if you don't specify anything. In that case you would actually need
to set it "-X" if you didn't want a package to support XFree86. But of
course, why would you want to.

Enjoy your Gentoo box. It may be frustrating at times, but it is rewarding.
I've set up Gentoo systems before, but I built my first Myth box in the last
couple of weeks. I've just about got it running smooth as glass.

-Shane


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward Wildgoose" <Edward.Wildgoose at FRMHedge.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 6:53 AM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] gentoo emerge of mythfrontend problem


> >      Xbox root # USE="-mysql" emerge qt
> >
> > I think the above is the correct context to set the USE flag to mysql
> > (please correct me if I am wrong)
>
> I think this is how you REMOVE mysql from your use flags.  It also depends
on your shell, but you usually want "export USE=.."
>
> try the package "ufed", which is a Use Flag EDitor.  Set your mysql flag
and re-emerge and all should be well.
>
> Good luck
>
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