Gentoo: command line USE flag editor

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  1. NAME
  2. euse - Gentoo: command line USE flag editor
  3. SYNOPSIS
  4. euse [options]
  5. DESCRIPTION
  7. euse is used to set(disable/enable) USE flags /etc/make.conf without having to edit the file directly. It is also used to get detail information about use flags like description, status of flags(enabled/disabled), type of flag(global/local) etc. It can also be queried for viewing the current use flag settings in /etc/make.conf, /etc/make.defaults and environment.
  8. OPTIONS
  10. -c, --conf
  11. Print the USE flag setting in /etc/make.conf
  12. -d, --defaults
  13. Print the USE flag setting in /etc/make.profile/make.defaults
  14. -e, --env
  15. Print the USE flag setting in environment
  16. -E, --enable
  17. Enables USE flag(s) in make.conf. It accepts one or more USE flags space separted as parameters. Please read README for all the different cases it handles.
  18. -D, --disable
  19. Disables USE flag(s) in make.conf. Puts a '-' sign infront of the use flag and appends to USE setting of make.conf. It accepts one or more USE flags space separted as parameters. Please read README for all the different cases it handles.
  20. -i, --info
  21. Prints detail information about the USE flag(s). If no arguments are given then all the USE flag(global & local) information is printed. If one or more arguments are given(space separated) then information of only those flags are printed.
  23. The output is in the following format:
  24. alpha [-] [ ] [G] indicates that architecture ...
  25. moznocompose [+] [C] [L] [net-www/mozilla] : If you ...
  26. The column descriptions are:
  28. flag_name
  29. name of the use flag
  30. flag_status
  31. indicates whether the USE flag is enabled or disabled. - indicates disabled, + indicates enabled.
  32. flag_location
  33. indicates where the USE flag is enabled or disabled. C indicates make.conf, D indicates make.defaults, E indicates environment.
  34. flag_type
  35. indicates if the flag is global USE flag or a local USE flag.If it is local USE flag, then the description column begins with the package which it belongs to in square brackets. See moznocompose example above.
  36. description
  37. gives a short description of the USE flag
  38. -h, --help
  39. Show the help message listing all the available flags and a short description
  40. -v, --version
  41. Show the version information
  44. FILES
  45. /etc/make.conf
  46. /etc/make.profile/make.defaults
  47. $PORTDIR/profiles/use.desc
  48. $PORTDIR/profiles/use.local.desc
  49. /etc/make.profile/use.mask
  50. AUTHOR
  51. Arun Bhanu
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