From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-commits+bounces-544196-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C91F6138365 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:03:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C078B21C034; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:02:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A1A621C034 for <gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:02:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hornbill.gentoo.org (hornbill.gentoo.org [94.100.119.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FF0C33DAB6 for <gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:02:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hornbill.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A55FE5439 for <gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:02:51 +0000 (UTC) From: "Sven Eden" <sven.eden@gmx.de> To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Sven Eden" <sven.eden@gmx.de> Message-ID: <1357643031.37ac066c6d2ba2ed1c4a61ba892bb8b52f28dbf4.yamakuzure@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/ufed:master commit in: / X-VCS-Repository: proj/ufed X-VCS-Files: ufed.8 X-VCS-Directories: / X-VCS-Committer: yamakuzure X-VCS-Committer-Name: Sven Eden X-VCS-Revision: 37ac066c6d2ba2ed1c4a61ba892bb8b52f28dbf4 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:02:51 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-commits+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-commits+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-commits+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-commits.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 13b05aba-9d55-461f-8b59-9487308a78bd X-Archives-Hash: 2bd349e3c2e71dd69c6613da1ff0081a commit: 37ac066c6d2ba2ed1c4a61ba892bb8b52f28dbf4 Author: Sven Eden <sven.eden <AT> gmx <DOT> de> AuthorDate: Tue Jan 8 11:03:51 2013 +0000 Commit: Sven Eden <sven.eden <AT> gmx <DOT> de> CommitDate: Tue Jan 8 11:03:51 2013 +0000 URL: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/ufed.git;a=commit;h=37ac066c Replaced another mentioning of use.defaults in the man page that i missed (obviously) earlier. --- ufed.8 | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/ufed.8 b/ufed.8 index 4bc2f9a..8b8c5cb 100644 --- a/ufed.8 +++ b/ufed.8 @@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ ufed \- Gentoo Linux USE flags editor .B ufed .SH "DESCRIPTION" UFED is a simple program designed to help you configure the systems USE flags -(see below) to your liking. To select of unselect a flag highlight it and hit +(see below) to your liking. To select or unselect a flag highlight it and hit space. -UFED attempts to show you where a particular use setting came from. Each USE +UFED attempts to show you where a particular use setting came from. Each USE flag has a 3 character descriptor that represents the three ways a use flag can be set. -The 1st char is the setting from the make.defaults file. These are the defaults +The 1st char is the setting from the make.defaults file(s). These are the defaults for Gentoo as a whole. These should not be changed. -The 2nd char is the setting from the use.defaults file. These will change as -packages are added and removes from the system. +The 2nd char is the setting from the package.use file(s). These will change as +packages are added or removed from the system. -The 3rd char is the settings from the make.conf file. these are the only ones +The 3rd char is the setting from the make.conf file. These are the only ones that should be changed by the user and these are the ones that UFED changes. If the character is a + then that USE flag was set in that file, if it is a @@ -29,23 +29,23 @@ flag was unset in that file. The USE settings system is a flexible way to enable or disable various features at package build-time on a global level and for individual packages. This -allows an administrator control over how packages are built in regards to the +allows an administrator to control how packages are built in regards to the optional features which can be compiled into those packages. For instance, packages with optional GNOME support can have this support -disabled at compile time by disabling the "gnome" USE setting. Enabling the -"gnome" USE setting would enable GNOME support in these same packages. +disabled at compile time by disabling the "gnome" USE flag. Enabling the +"gnome" USE flag would enable GNOME support in these packages. -The effect of USE settings on packages is dependent on whether both the -software itself and the package ebuild supports the USE setting as an optional +The effect of USE flags on packages is dependent on whether both the +software itself and the package ebuild supports the USE flag as an optional feature. If the software does not have support for an optional feature then the -corresponding USE setting will obviously have no effect. +corresponding USE flag will obviously have no effect. Also many package dependencies are not considered optional by the software and -thus USE settings will have no effect on those mandatory dependencies. +thus USE flags will have no effect on those mandatory dependencies. A list of USE keywords used by a particular package can be found by checking -the IUSE line in any ebuild file. +the IUSE line in any ebuild file or by using "equery" from gentoolkit. See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=2 for more information on USE flags.