[mythtv-users] Gentoo/portage/USE query

[James Satterfield]

Stephen Tait <tait at digitallaw.co.uk> wrote: 
>I'm currently in the process of fine-tuning portage (by way of files in 
>/etc/portage) to compile things with package-specific options.
>
>As far as I know, the only thing that needs xinerama support (for mythvideo
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>and mythdvd) is qt, so I've taken "xinerama" out of my /etc/make.conf and 
>added it to /etc/portage/package.keywords under qt (mplayer has the option
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>for it, but I don't think it's needed, plus I might convert completely to 
>Xine anyway).
>
>So far, my only other query is regarding MySQL; does qt need MySQL support
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>compiled in as well as MythTV, or will MythTV do fine without MySQL support
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>in qt? I had a look through the docs and couldn't find any details on this,
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>other than asking for the global mysql USE flag to be set.
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>If anyone knows anything about this I'd be much obliged to hear about your
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>experiences!
>
>

MythTV appears to require that MySQL support be built into QT.

James.