1 .TH "EUSE" "1" "2004-10-17" "Gentoo Linux" "Gentoo Toolkit"
3 euse \- Gentoo: command line USE flag editor
6 \fI<option> [suboption] [useflaglist]\fB
10 is used to set(disable/enable) USE flags in /etc/make.conf without having to edit
11 the file directly. It is also used to get detail information about use flags
12 like description, status of flags(enabled/disabled), type of flag(global/local)
17 Enables USE flag(s) in make.conf. It accepts one or more space seperated
18 USE flags as parameters.
20 \fB\-D, \-\-disable\fI
21 Disables USE flag(s) in make.conf. Puts a '\-' sign in front of the USE flag
22 and appends it to the USE setting in make.conf. It accepts one or more
23 space seperated USE flags as parameters.
26 Removes USE flag(s) in make.conf. Removes all positive and negative references to
27 the given USE flags from make.conf.
30 Prints detail information about the USE flag(s). If no arguments are given then
31 it assumes you want information for all USE flags. If one or more
32 arguments are given (space separated) then only information for those flags is
35 \fB\-I, \-\-info\-installed\fI
36 Same as \-\-info, except that it will also list the currently installed packages that are utilizing the flag.
39 The output is in the following format:
41 \fB[\- cD ]\fI alpha \- indicates that architecture ...
43 \fB[\- ]\fI moznocompose (net\-www/mozilla):
45 Disable building of mozilla's web page composer
47 The indicators in the first column are:
49 + if the flag is seen as active by portage, \- if not
51 E if the flag is enabled in the environment, e if it is
52 disabled in the environment, nothing if it's not affected
55 C if the flag is enabled in make.conf, c if it is
56 disabled in make.conf, nothing if it's not affected
58 .IP is_in_make_defaults
59 D if the flag is enabled in make.defaults, d if it is
60 disabled in make.defaults, nothing if it's not affected
62 .IP is_in_make_globals
63 G if the flag is enabled in make.globals, g if it is
64 disabled in make.globals, nothing if it's not affected
67 Then follows the name of the flag, for local flags the
68 package name and then the description (on a new line for
72 Shows all currently active USE flags and where they are activated (see
73 description for \fB\-\-info\fI).
76 Show the help message listing all the available flags and a short description
78 \fB\-v, \-\-version\fI
79 Show the version information
83 /etc/make.profile/make.defaults
87 $PORTDIR/profiles/use.desc
89 $PORTDIR/profiles/use.local.desc
93 Original version by Arun Bhanu <codebear@gentoo.org>
95 Updated for rewritten euse by Marius Mauch <genone@gentoo.org>
97 euse doesn't handle USE flags enabled or disabled by use.defaults, use.mask
98 or package.use yet. It also doesn't completely understand the \-* flag.
102 The \fI/usr/bin/euse\fR script.