XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: oneal@dbi.udel.edu   
      
   On 04/20/08 16:08, Mark Hobley wrote:   
   > In Gentoo:   
   >   
   > In the make.conf configuration file, is there a way to disable all USE   
   > flags by default, for example by using a wildcard, then explicitly set the   
   > ones that I want?   
      
   Yes.  USE=-* foo bar   
      
   >   
   > For example, all flags disabled, except the foo and bar flags:   
   >   
   >  USE="-* foo bar"   
   >   
   > Is it possible to have more than one USE= line in the   
   > /etc/make.conf file?   
   >   
   > For example:   
   >   
   >  USE="foo"   
   >  USE="bar"   
      
   Never tried it since continuing the USE statement across lines is   
   already easy.   
      
   USE="-*   
         foo   
         bar"   
      
   USE=-* \   
        foo \   
        bar   
      
   >   
   > Currently my make.conf file has one long USE line which explicitly sets   
   > or clears each of the known global flags.   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   >   
   > Mark.   
      
   Doug   
      
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