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authorUlrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>2013-08-06 13:46:58 +0000
committerUlrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>2013-08-06 13:46:58 +0000
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Make USE flag descriptions more uniform, use imperative form throughout.
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# Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/use.desc,v 1.507 2013/08/06 13:34:33 ulm Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/use.desc,v 1.508 2013/08/06 13:46:58 ulm Exp $
# Keep them sorted
3dfx - Enable support for Voodoo chipsets, also called as 3DFX and TDFX
-3dnow - Adds support for 3dnow multimedia processor instructions
-X - Adds support for X11
-Xaw3d - Adds support for the 3d athena widget set
-a52 - Enables support for decoding ATSC A/52 streams used in DVD
-aac - Enables support for MPEG-4 AAC Audio
-aalib - Adds support for media-libs/aalib (ASCII-Graphics Library)
-accessibility - Adds support for accessibility (eg 'at-spi' library)
-acl - Adds support for Access Control Lists
-acpi - Adds support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
-adns - Adds support for asynchronous DNS resolution
-afs - Adds OpenAFS support (distributed file system)
+3dnow - Add support for 3dnow multimedia processor instructions
+X - Add support for X11
+Xaw3d - Add support for the 3d athena widget set
+a52 - Enable support for decoding ATSC A/52 streams used in DVD
+aac - Enable support for MPEG-4 AAC Audio
+aalib - Add support for media-libs/aalib (ASCII-Graphics Library)
+accessibility - Add support for accessibility (eg 'at-spi' library)
+acl - Add support for Access Control Lists
+acpi - Add support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
+adns - Add support for asynchronous DNS resolution
+afs - Add OpenAFS support (distributed file system)
aim - Enable AIM IM protocol support
-alsa - Adds support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
-altivec - Adds support for optimizations for G4 and G5/ppc970 processors
+alsa - Add support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
+altivec - Add support for optimizations for G4 and G5/ppc970 processors
ao - Use libao audio output library for sound playback
apache2 - Add Apache2 support
-apm - Adds APM (Advanced Power Management) support
+apm - Add APM (Advanced Power Management) support
aqua - Include support for the Mac OS X Aqua (Carbon/Cocoa) GUI
atm - Enable Asynchronous Transfer Mode protocol support
-audiofile - Adds support for libaudiofile where applicable
+audiofile - Add support for libaudiofile where applicable
ayatana - Build in support for Ayatana notification using the libindicate or libappindicator plugin
avahi - Add avahi/Zeroconf support
bash-completion - Enable bash-completion support
-bcmath - Adds support for libbcmath
-berkdb - Adds support for sys-libs/db (Berkeley DB for MySQL)
-bidi - Enables bidirectional language support
-bindist - Flag to enable or disable options for prebuilt (GRP) packages (eg. due to licensing issues)
-blas - Adds support for the virtual/blas numerical library
-bluetooth - Enables Bluetooth Support
+bcmath - Add support for libbcmath
+berkdb - Add support for sys-libs/db (Berkeley DB for MySQL)
+bidi - Enable bidirectional language support
+bindist - Flag to enable or disable options for prebuilt (GRP) packages (eg. due to licensing issues)
+blas - Add support for the virtual/blas numerical library
+bluetooth - Enable Bluetooth Support
bootstrap - !!internal use only!! DO NOT SET THIS FLAG YOURSELF!, used during original system bootstrapping [make stage2]
-boundschecking - Adds the bounds checking patch by Haj Ten Brugge, this will DISABLE the hardened PIE+SSP patches
+boundschecking - Add the bounds checking patch by Haj Ten Brugge, this will DISABLE the hardened PIE+SSP patches
branding - Enable Gentoo specific branding
bsf - Enable support for Apache Bean Scripting Framework (dev-java/bsf)
build - !!internal use only!! DO NOT SET THIS FLAG YOURSELF!, used for creating build images and the first half of bootstrapping [make stage1]
bzip2 - Use the bzlib compression library
cairo - Enable support for the cairo graphics library
-calendar - Adds support for calendars (not using mcal!)
-canna - Adds support for the Canna kana to kanji conversion engine
+calendar - Add support for calendars (not using mcal!)
+canna - Add support for the Canna kana to kanji conversion engine
caps - Use Linux capabilities library to control privilege
-cdb - Adds support for the CDB database engine from the author of qmail
-cdda - Adds Compact Disk Digital Audio (Standard Audio CD) support
+cdb - Add support for the CDB database engine from the author of qmail
+cdda - Add Compact Disk Digital Audio (Standard Audio CD) support
cddb - Access cddb servers to retrieve and submit information about compact disks
-cdinstall - Copies files from the CD rather than asking the user to copy them, mostly used with games
-cdparanoia - Enables cdparanoia (audio CD ripper) support
-cdr - Adds support for CD writer hardware
+cdinstall - Copy files from the CD rather than asking the user to copy them, mostly used with games
+cdparanoia - Enable cdparanoia (audio CD ripper) support
+cdr - Add support for CD writer hardware
cgi - Add CGI script support
-cjk - Adds support for Multi-byte character languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
-clamav - Adds support for Clam AntiVirus software (usually with a plugin)
+cjk - Add support for Multi-byte character languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
+clamav - Add support for Clam AntiVirus software (usually with a plugin)
connman - Add support for net-misc/connman
coreaudio - Build the CoreAudio driver on Mac OS X systems
cracklib - Support for cracklib strong password checking
crypt - Add support for encryption -- using mcrypt or gpg where applicable
-cscope - Enables cscope interface -- in vim for example
-css - Enables reading of encrypted DVDs
-ctype - Enables ctype functions
+cscope - Enable cscope interface -- in vim for example
+css - Enable reading of encrypted DVDs
+ctype - Enable ctype functions
cups - Add support for CUPS (Common Unix Printing System)
-curl - Adds support for client-side URL transfer library
-curlwrappers - Adds support for using curl in streams
+curl - Add support for client-side URL transfer library
+curlwrappers - Add support for using curl in streams
custom-cflags - Build with user-specified CFLAGS (unsupported)
cvs - Enable CVS (Concurrent Versions System) integration
-cxx - Builds support for C++ (bindings, extra libraries, code generation, ...)
+cxx - Build support for C++ (bindings, extra libraries, code generation, ...)
dbi - Enable dev-db/libdbi (database-independent abstraction layer) support
-dbm - Adds support for generic DBM databases
+dbm - Add support for generic DBM databases
dbus - Enable dbus support for anything that needs it (gpsd, gnomemeeting, etc)
debug - Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml
-dedicated - Adds support for dedicated game servers (some packages do not provide clients and servers at the same time)
-dga - Adds DGA (Direct Graphic Access) support for X
-directfb - Adds support for DirectFB layer (library for FB devices)
-djvu - support DjVu, a PDF-like document format esp. suited for scanned documents
-doc - Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
+dedicated - Add support for dedicated game servers (some packages do not provide clients and servers at the same time)
+dga - Add DGA (Direct Graphic Access) support for X
+directfb - Add support for DirectFB layer (library for FB devices)
+djvu - Support DjVu, a PDF-like document format esp. suited for scanned documents
+doc - Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
dri - Enable direct rendering: used for accelerated 3D and some 2D, like DMA
-dts - Enables DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder support
-dv - Enables support for a codec used by many camcorders
-dvb - Adds support for DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)
-dvd - Adds support for DVDs
-dvdr - Adds support for DVD writer hardware (e.g. in xcdroast)
-eds - Enables support for Evolution-Data-Server (EDS)
-emacs - Adds support for GNU Emacs
-emboss - Adds support for the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite
-encode - Adds support for encoding of audio or video files
+dts - Enable DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder support
+dv - Enable support for a codec used by many camcorders
+dvb - Add support for DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)
+dvd - Add support for DVDs
+dvdr - Add support for DVD writer hardware (e.g. in xcdroast)
+eds - Enable support for Evolution-Data-Server (EDS)
+emacs - Add support for GNU Emacs
+emboss - Add support for the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite
+encode - Add support for encoding of audio or video files
enscript - Add enscript support to colourize code stored in the repository
-evo - Adds support for mail-client/evolution
+evo - Add support for mail-client/evolution
examples - Install examples, usually source code
-exif - Adds support for reading EXIF headers from JPEG and TIFF images
+exif - Add support for reading EXIF headers from JPEG and TIFF images
expat - Enable the use of dev-libs/expat for XML parsing
fam - Enable FAM (File Alteration Monitor) support
fastcgi - Add support for the FastCGI interface
-fbcon - Adds framebuffer support for the console, via the kernel
+fbcon - Add framebuffer support for the console, via the kernel
ffmpeg - Enable ffmpeg-based audio/video codec support
fftw - Use FFTW library for computing Fourier transforms
filecaps - Use Linux file capabilities to control privilege rather than set*id
-firebird - Adds support for the Firebird relational database
-flac - Adds support for FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec
-flatfile - Adds dbm support for flat files
-fltk - Adds support for the Fast Light Toolkit gui interface
+firebird - Add support for the Firebird relational database
+flac - Add support for FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec
+flatfile - Add dbm support for flat files
+fltk - Add support for the Fast Light Toolkit gui interface
fontconfig - Support for configuring and customizing font access via media-libs/fontconfig
-foomaticdb - Adds support for the foomatic printing driver database
-fortran - Adds support for fortran (formerly f77)
-freetds - Adds support for the TDS protocol to connect to MSSQL/Sybase databases
-freewnn - Adds support for FreeWnn kana to kanji conversion engine
-frontbase - Adds support for the frontbase sql server
-ftp - Adds FTP (File Transfer Protocol) support
+foomaticdb - Add support for the foomatic printing driver database
+fortran - Add support for fortran (formerly f77)
+freetds - Add support for the TDS protocol to connect to MSSQL/Sybase databases
+freewnn - Add support for FreeWnn kana to kanji conversion engine
+frontbase - Add support for the frontbase sql server
+ftp - Add FTP (File Transfer Protocol) support
gcj - Enable building with gcj (The GNU Compiler for the Javatm Programming Language)
-gd - Adds support for media-libs/gd (to generate graphics on the fly)
-gdbm - Adds support for sys-libs/gdbm (GNU database libraries)
+gd - Add support for media-libs/gd (to generate graphics on the fly)
+gdbm - Add support for sys-libs/gdbm (GNU database libraries)
geoip - Add geoip support for country and city lookup based on IPs
-ggi - Adds support for media-libs/libggi (non-X video api/drivers)
-gif - Adds GIF image support
+ggi - Add support for media-libs/libggi (non-X video api/drivers)
+gif - Add GIF image support
gimp - Build a plugin for the GIMP
glut - Build an OpenGL plugin using the GLUT library
-gmp - Adds support for dev-libs/gmp (GNU MP library)
-gnome - Adds GNOME support
+gmp - Add support for dev-libs/gmp (GNU MP library)
+gnome - Add GNOME support
gnome-keyring - Enable support for storing passwords via gnome-keyring
gnuplot - Enable support for gnuplot (data and function plotting)
-gnutls - Adds support for net-libs/gnutls (TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 support)
-gphoto2 - Adds digital camera support
-gpm - Adds support for sys-libs/gpm (Console-based mouse driver)
-gps - Adds support for Global Positioning System
-graphviz - Adds support for the Graphviz library
+gnutls - Add support for net-libs/gnutls (TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 support)
+gphoto2 - Add digital camera support
+gpm - Add support for sys-libs/gpm (Console-based mouse driver)
+gps - Add support for Global Positioning System
+graphviz - Add support for the Graphviz library
gsl - Use the GNU scientific library for calculations
-gsm - Adds support for the gsm lossy speech compression codec
-gstreamer - Adds support for media-libs/gstreamer (Streaming media)
-gtk - Adds support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
-gtkhtml - Adds support for gnome-extra/gtkhtml
-guile - Adds support for the guile Scheme interpreter
+gsm - Add support for the gsm lossy speech compression codec
+gstreamer - Add support for media-libs/gstreamer (Streaming media)
+gtk - Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
+gtkhtml - Add support for gnome-extra/gtkhtml
+guile - Add support for the guile Scheme interpreter
gzip - Compress files with Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77)
handbook - Enable handbooks generation for KDE4.
-hardened - activate default security enhancements for toolchain (gcc, glibc, binutils)
+hardened - Activate default security enhancements for toolchain (gcc, glibc, binutils)
hddtemp - Enable monitoring of hdd temperature (app-admin/hddtemp)
-hdf5 - Adds support for the Hierarchical Data Format v5
-hscolour - Includes coloured haskell sources to generated documentation (dev-haskell/hscolour)
+hdf5 - Add support for the Hierarchical Data Format v5
+hscolour - Include coloured haskell sources to generated documentation (dev-haskell/hscolour)
ibm - Add support for IBM ppc64 specific systems
iconv - Enable support for the iconv character set conversion library
icq - Enable ICQ IM protocol support
icu - Enable ICU (Internationalization Components for Unicode) support, using dev-libs/icu
idn - Enable support for Internationalized Domain Names
ieee1394 - Enable FireWire/iLink IEEE1394 support (dv, camera, ...)
-imagemagick - Enables support for Imagemagick (image converter)
-imap - Adds support for IMAP (Internet Mail Application Protocol)
-imlib - Adds support for imlib, an image loading and rendering library
+imagemagick - Enable support for Imagemagick (image converter)
+imap - Add support for IMAP (Internet Mail Application Protocol)
+imlib - Add support for imlib, an image loading and rendering library
infiniband - Enable Infiniband RDMA transport support
-inifile - Adds dbm support for .ini files
+inifile - Add dbm support for .ini files
inotify - Enable inotify filesystem monitoring support
-introspection - Adds support for GObject based introspection
-iodbc - Adds support for iODBC library
+introspection - Add support for GObject based introspection
+iodbc - Add support for iODBC library
ios - Enable support for Apple's iDevice with iOS operating system (iPad, iPhone, iPod, etc)
ipod - Enable support for iPod device access
-ipv6 - Adds support for IP version 6
-iwmmxt - Adds support for optimizations for ARM iwMMXt instructions
+ipv6 - Add support for IP version 6
+iwmmxt - Add support for optimizations for ARM iwMMXt instructions
jabber - Enable jabber IM protocol support
-jack - Adds support for the JACK Audio Connection Kit
-java - Adds support for Java
+jack - Add support for the JACK Audio Connection Kit
+java - Add support for Java
java6 - Use Java 1.6 to build package with || ( reduced deps, 1.6 features, source/target 1.6 )
-javascript - Enables javascript support
-jbig - enables jbig-kit support for tiff, Hylafax, ImageMagick, etc
-jingle - Enables voice calls for jabber
+javascript - Enable javascript support
+jbig - Enable jbig-kit support for tiff, Hylafax, ImageMagick, etc
+jingle - Enable voice calls for jabber
jit - Enable just-in-time compilation for improved performance. May prevent use of some PaX memory protection features in Gentoo Hardened.
joystick - Add support for joysticks in all packages
-jpeg - Adds JPEG image support
+jpeg - Add JPEG image support
jpeg2k - Support for JPEG 2000, a wavelet-based image compression format
-kde - Adds support for KDE (K Desktop Environment)
-kerberos - Adds kerberos support
-kolab - Adds support for the Kolab groupware server
+kde - Add support for KDE (K Desktop Environment)
+kerberos - Add kerberos support
+kolab - Add support for the Kolab groupware server
kontact - Enable support for the KDE personal information manager (kde-base/kdepim*)
-ladspa - Enables the ability to support ladspa plugins
+ladspa - Enable the ability to support ladspa plugins
lame - Prefer using LAME libraries for MP3 encoding support
-lapack - Adds support for the virtual/lapack numerical library
-lash - Adds LASH Audio Session Handler support
-latex - Adds support for LaTeX (typesetting package)
-lcms - Adds lcms support (color management engine)
-ldap - Adds LDAP support (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
+lapack - Add support for the virtual/lapack numerical library
+lash - Add LASH Audio Session Handler support
+latex - Add support for LaTeX (typesetting package)
+lcms - Add lcms support (color management engine)
+ldap - Add LDAP support (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
libass - SRT/SSA/ASS (SubRip / SubStation Alpha) subtitle support
libcaca - Add support for colored ASCII-art graphics
libedit - Use the libedit library (replacement for readline)
libffi - Enable support for Foreign Function Interface library
libnotify - Enable desktop notification support
libsamplerate - Build with support for converting sample rates using libsamplerate
-libwww - Adds libwww support (General purpose WEB API)
-lirc - Adds support for lirc (Linux's Infra-Red Remote Control)
+libwww - Add libwww support (General purpose WEB API)
+lirc - Add support for lirc (Linux's Infra-Red Remote Control)
livecd - !!internal use only!! DO NOT SET THIS FLAG YOURSELF!, used during livecd building
-lm_sensors - Adds linux lm_sensors (hardware sensors) support
+lm_sensors - Add linux lm_sensors (hardware sensors) support
lua - Enable Lua scripting support
lzma - Support for LZMA (de)compression algorithm
-lzo - Enables support for lzo compression
+lzo - Enable support for lzo compression
m17n-lib - Enable m17n-lib support
-mad - Adds support for mad (high-quality mp3 decoder library and cli frontend)
-maildir - Adds support for maildir (~/.maildir) style mail spools
-matroska - Adds support for the matroska container format (extensions .mkv, .mka and .mks)
-matrox - Adds Matrox MGA support to mplayer
-mbox - Adds support for mbox (/var/spool/mail) style mail spools
-memlimit - Adds memory usage limiting in supporting programs
-mhash - Adds support for the mhash library
-migemo - Enables migemo support for Japanese
-mikmod - Adds libmikmod support to allow playing of SoundTracker-style music files
-milter - Adds sendmail mail filter (milter) support
-mime - Adds MIME support
+mad - Add support for mad (high-quality mp3 decoder library and cli frontend)
+maildir - Add support for maildir (~/.maildir) style mail spools
+matroska - Add support for the matroska container format (extensions .mkv, .mka and .mks)
+matrox - Add Matrox MGA support to mplayer
+mbox - Add support for mbox (/var/spool/mail) style mail spools
+memlimit - Add memory usage limiting in supporting programs
+mhash - Add support for the mhash library
+migemo - Enable migemo support for Japanese
+mikmod - Add libmikmod support to allow playing of SoundTracker-style music files
+milter - Add sendmail mail filter (milter) support
+mime - Add MIME support
minimal - Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, fonts, most drivers, non-critical features)
-mmap - Adds mmap (memory map) support
+mmap - Add mmap (memory map) support
mms - Support for Microsoft Media Server (MMS) streams
-mmx - Adds support for optimizations for Pentium MMX and Athlon class processors
-mng - Adds support for libmng (MNG images)
-modplug - Adds libmodplug support for playing SoundTracker-style music files
+mmx - Add support for optimizations for Pentium MMX and Athlon class processors
+mng - Add support for libmng (MNG images)
+modplug - Add libmodplug support for playing SoundTracker-style music files
modules - Build the kernel modules
mono - Build Mono bindings to support dotnet type stuff
-motif - Adds support for the Motif toolkit
-mozilla - Adds support for the Mozilla web-browser
+motif - Add support for the Motif toolkit
+mozilla - Add support for the Mozilla web-browser
mp3 - Add support for reading mp3 files
mp4 - Support for MP4 container format
-mpeg - Adds libmpeg3 support to various packages
-mpi - Adds MPI (Message Passing Interface) layer to the apps that support it
+mpeg - Add libmpeg3 support to various packages
+mpi - Add MPI (Message Passing Interface) layer to the apps that support it
mplayer - Enable mplayer support for playback or encoding
msn - Enable MSN Messenger IM protocol support
-mssql - Adds support for Microsoft SQL Server database
+mssql - Add support for Microsoft SQL Server database
mtp - Enable support for Media Transfer Protocol
-mule - Adds multi-language support to XEmacs
+mule - Add multi-language support to XEmacs
multilib - On 64bit systems, if you want to be able to compile 32bit and 64bit binaries
musepack - Enable support for the musepack audio codec
musicbrainz - Lookup audio metadata using MusicBrainz community service (musicbrainz.org)
-mysql - Adds mySQL Database support
-mysqli - Adds support for the improved mySQL libraries
-nas - Adds support for network audio sound
-ncurses - Adds ncurses support (console display library)
+mysql - Add mySQL Database support
+mysqli - Add support for the improved mySQL libraries
+nas - Add support for network audio sound
+ncurses - Add ncurses support (console display library)
neXt - Enable neXt toolkit
neon - Enable optimization support for ARM NEON processors
-netboot - Enables network booting
+netboot - Enable network booting
netcdf - Enable NetCDF data format support
networkmanager - Enable net-misc/networkmanager support
nis - Support for NIS/YP services
-nls - Adds Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
+nls - Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
nntp - Add support for newsgroups (Network News Transfer Protocol)
nocd - Install all files required to run the application without a CD mounted
nptl - Enable support for Native POSIX Threads Library, the new threading module (requires linux-2.6 or better usually)
nsplugin - Build plugin for browsers supporting the Netscape plugin architecture (that is almost any modern browser)
-ocaml - Adds support/bindings for the Ocaml language
-ocamlopt - Enables ocamlopt support (ocaml native code compiler) -- Produces faster programs (Warning: you have to disable/enable it at a global scale)
-oci8 - Adds Oracle 8 Database Support
+ocaml - Add support/bindings for the Ocaml language
+ocamlopt - Enable ocamlopt support (ocaml native code compiler) -- Produces faster programs (Warning: you have to disable/enable it at a global scale)
+oci8 - Add Oracle 8 Database Support
oci8-instant-client - Use dev-db/oracle-instantclient-basic as Oracle provider instead of requiring a full Oracle server install
-odbc - Adds ODBC Support (Open DataBase Connectivity)
-offensive - Enables potentially offensive items in packages
+odbc - Add ODBC Support (Open DataBase Connectivity)
+offensive - Enable potentially offensive items in packages
ofx - Enable support for importing (and exporting) OFX (Open Financial eXchange) data files
-ogg - Adds support for the Ogg container format (commonly used by Vorbis, Theora and flac)
+ogg - Add support for the Ogg container format (commonly used by Vorbis, Theora and flac)
old-linux - Add support for linux-2.4 and older
-openal - Adds support for the Open Audio Library
+openal - Add support for the Open Audio Library
openexr - Support for the OpenEXR graphics file format
-opengl - Adds support for OpenGL (3D graphics)
+opengl - Add support for OpenGL (3D graphics)
openmp - Build support for the OpenMP (support parallel computing), requires >=sys-devel/gcc-4.2 built with USE="openmp"
oracle - Enable Oracle Database support
orc - Use dev-lang/orc for just-in-time optimization of array operations
-osc - Enables support for Open Sound Control
+osc - Enable support for Open Sound Control
oscar - Enable Oscar (AIM/ICQ) IM protocol support
-oss - Adds support for OSS (Open Sound System)
-pam - Adds support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip
+oss - Add support for OSS (Open Sound System)
+pam - Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip
pch - Enable precompiled header support for faster compilation at the expense of disk space and memory (>=sys-devel/gcc-3.4 only)
-pcmcia - Adds support for PCMCIA slots/devices found on laptop computers
-pcntl - Adds support for process creation functions
-pcre - Adds support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
-pda - Adds support for portable devices
-pdf - Adds general support for PDF (Portable Document Format), this replaces the pdflib and cpdflib flags
-perl - Adds optional support/bindings for the Perl language
+pcmcia - Add support for PCMCIA slots/devices found on laptop computers
+pcntl - Add support for process creation functions
+pcre - Add support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
+pda - Add support for portable devices
+pdf - Add general support for PDF (Portable Document Format), this replaces the pdflib and cpdflib flags
+perl - Add optional support/bindings for the Perl language
php - Include support for the PHP language
plasma - Build optional KDE plasma addons
plotutils - Add support for plotutils (library for 2-D vector graphics)
-png - Adds support for libpng (PNG images)
+png - Add support for libpng (PNG images)
policykit - Enable PolicyKit authentication support
-portaudio - Adds support for the crossplatform portaudio audio API
-posix - Adds support for POSIX-compatible functions
-postgres - Adds support for the postgresql database
+portaudio - Add support for the crossplatform portaudio audio API
+posix - Add support for POSIX-compatible functions
+postgres - Add support for the postgresql database
postscript - Enable support for the PostScript language (often with ghostscript-gpl or libspectre)
-ppds - Adds support for automatically generated ppd (printing driver) files
+ppds - Add support for automatically generated ppd (printing driver) files
prefix - Defines if a Gentoo Prefix offset installation is used
-prelude - Adds support/bindings for the Prelude Intrusion Detection System
-profile - Adds support for software performance analysis (will likely vary from ebuild to ebuild)
-pulseaudio - Adds support for PulseAudio sound server
-python - Adds optional support/bindings for the Python language
-qdbm - Adds support for the qdbm (Quick Database Manager) library
-qmail-spp - Adds support for qmail SMTP plugins
-qt4 - Adds support for the Qt GUI/Application Toolkit version 4.x
-qt5 - Adds support for the Qt 5 application and UI framework
-quicktime - Adds support for OpenQuickTime
-radius - Adds support for RADIUS authentication
+prelude - Add support/bindings for the Prelude Intrusion Detection System
+profile - Add support for software performance analysis (will likely vary from ebuild to ebuild)
+pulseaudio - Add support for PulseAudio sound server
+python - Add optional support/bindings for the Python language
+qdbm - Add support for the qdbm (Quick Database Manager) library
+qmail-spp - Add support for qmail SMTP plugins
+qt4 - Add support for the Qt GUI/Application Toolkit version 4.x
+qt5 - Add support for the Qt 5 application and UI framework
+quicktime - Add support for OpenQuickTime
+radius - Add support for RADIUS authentication
raw - Add support for raw image formats
-rdesktop - Adds support for the remote desktop protocol, usually used to connect to Windows servers
-readline - Enables support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
-recode - Enables support for the GNU recode library
-rss - Enables support for RSS feeds
-ruby - Adds support/bindings for the Ruby language
-samba - Adds support for SAMBA (Windows File and Printer sharing)
-sasl - Adds support for the Simple Authentication and Security Layer
+rdesktop - Add support for the remote desktop protocol, usually used to connect to Windows servers
+readline - Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
+recode - Enable support for the GNU recode library
+rss - Enable support for RSS feeds
+ruby - Add support/bindings for the Ruby language
+samba - Add support for SAMBA (Windows File and Printer sharing)
+sasl - Add support for the Simple Authentication and Security Layer
savedconfig - Use this to restore your config from /etc/portage/savedconfig ${CATEGORY}/${PN}. Make sure your USE flags allow for appropriate dependencies
-scanner - Adds support for scanner hardware (e.g. build the sane frontend in kdegraphics)
-sdl - Adds support for Simple Direct Layer (media library)
-seamonkey - Adds support for the Seamonkey web-browser
+scanner - Add support for scanner hardware (e.g. build the sane frontend in kdegraphics)
+sdl - Add support for Simple Direct Layer (media library)
+seamonkey - Add support for the Seamonkey web-browser
selinux - !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
semantic-desktop - Cross-KDE support for semantic search and information retrieval
-session - Adds persistent session support
-sharedmem - Adds support for shared memory use
-shorten - Adds support for the shorten audio compressor
-simplexml - support for SimpleXML
+session - Add persistent session support
+sharedmem - Add support for shared memory use
+shorten - Add support for the shorten audio compressor
+simplexml - Support for SimpleXML
skey - Enable S/Key (Single use password) authentication support
-slang - Adds support for the slang text display library (it's like ncurses, but different)
-slp - Adds Service Locator Protocol support
-smartcard - Enables smartcard support
+slang - Add support for the slang text display library (it's like ncurses, but different)
+slp - Add Service Locator Protocol support
+smartcard - Enable smartcard support
smp - Enable support for multiprocessors or multicore systems
-sndfile - Adds support for libsndfile
-snmp - Adds support for the Simple Network Management Protocol if available
-soap - Adds support for SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
-sockets - Adds support for tcp/ip sockets
-socks5 - Adds support for the socks5 proxy
+sndfile - Add support for libsndfile
+snmp - Add support for the Simple Network Management Protocol if available
+soap - Add support for SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
+sockets - Add support for tcp/ip sockets
+socks5 - Add support for the socks5 proxy
sound - Enable sound support
source - Zip the sources and install them
-sox - Adds support for Sound eXchange (SoX)
-speex - Adds support for the speex audio codec (used for speech)
-spell - Adds dictionary support
-sqlite - Adds support for sqlite - embedded sql database
-sqlite3 - Adds support for sqlite3 - embedded sql database
-sse - fast floating point optimization for PentiumIII+ class chips
-sse2 - faster floating point optimization for SSE2 capable chips
-sse3 - faster floating point optimization for SSE3 capable chips
-ssl - Adds support for Secure Socket Layer connections
+sox - Add support for Sound eXchange (SoX)
+speex - Add support for the speex audio codec (used for speech)
+spell - Add dictionary support
+sqlite - Add support for sqlite - embedded sql database
+sqlite3 - Add support for sqlite3 - embedded sql database
+sse - Fast floating point optimization for PentiumIII+ class chips
+sse2 - Faster floating point optimization for SSE2 capable chips
+sse3 - Faster floating point optimization for SSE3 capable chips
+ssl - Add support for Secure Socket Layer connections
startup-notification - Enable application startup event feedback mechanism
static - !!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically
static-libs - Build static libraries
subversion - Enable subversion (version control system) support
suid - Enable setuid root program, with potential security risks
-svg - Adds support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
-svga - Adds support for SVGAlib (graphics library)
-sybase - Adds support for the Sybase SQL Database Server
-sybase-ct - Adds support for Sybase-CT
+svg - Add support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
+svga - Add support for SVGAlib (graphics library)
+sybase - Add support for the Sybase SQL Database Server
+sybase-ct - Add support for Sybase-CT
symlink - Force kernel ebuilds to automatically update the /usr/src/linux symlink
-syslog - Enables support for syslog
+syslog - Enable support for syslog
systemd - Enable use of systemd-specific libraries and features like socket activation or session tracking
sysvipc - Support for System V-compatible inter-process communication
szip - Use the szip compression library
taglib - Enable tagging support with taglib
-tcl - Adds support the Tcl language
+tcl - Add support the Tcl language
tcmalloc - Use the dev-util/google-perftools libraries to replace the malloc() implementation with a possibly faster one
-tcpd - Adds support for TCP wrappers
+tcpd - Add support for TCP wrappers
test - Workaround to pull in packages needed to run with FEATURES=test. Portage-2.1.2 handles this internally, so don't set it in make.conf/package.use anymore
-theora - Adds support for the Theora Video Compression Codec
-threads - Adds threads support for various packages. Usually pthreads
-tidy - Adds support for HTML Tidy
-tiff - Adds support for the TIFF image format
+theora - Add support for the Theora Video Compression Codec
+threads - Add threads support for various packages. Usually pthreads
+tidy - Add support for HTML Tidy
+tiff - Add support for the TIFF image format
timidity - Build with Timidity++ (MIDI sequencer) support
-tk - Adds support for Tk GUI toolkit
-tokenizer - Adds support for the PHP file parser
-truetype - Adds support for FreeType and/or FreeType2 fonts
+tk - Add support for Tk GUI toolkit
+tokenizer - Add support for the PHP file parser
+truetype - Add support for FreeType and/or FreeType2 fonts
uclibc - Enable uclibc specific patches and build or link uclibc
udev - Enable sys-fs/udev integration (device discovery, power and storage device support, etc)
-unicode - Adds support for Unicode
+unicode - Add support for Unicode
upnp - Enable UPnP port mapping support
upnp-av - Enable UPnP audio/video streaming support
-usb - Adds USB support to applications that have optional USB support (e.g. cups)
+usb - Add USB support to applications that have optional USB support (e.g. cups)
v4l - Enable support for video4linux (using linux-headers or userspace libv4l libraries)
vala - Enable bindings for dev-lang/vala
vanilla - Do not add extra patches which change default behaviour; DO NOT USE THIS ON A GLOBAL SCALE as the severity of the meaning changes drastically
vcd - Video CD support
vdpau - Enable the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix acceleration interface
-vhosts - Adds support for installing web-based applications into a virtual-hosting environment
+vhosts - Add support for installing web-based applications into a virtual-hosting environment
videos - Install optional video files (used in some games)
vim-syntax - Pulls in related vim syntax scripts
vnc - Enable VNC (remote desktop viewer) support
-vorbis - Adds support for the OggVorbis audio codec
+vorbis - Add support for the OggVorbis audio codec
wayland - Enable dev-libs/wayland backend
wavpack - Add support for wavpack audio compression tools
-wddx - Adds support for Web Distributed Data eXchange
+wddx - Add support for Web Distributed Data eXchange
webkit - Add support for the WebKit HTML rendering/layout engine
wifi - Enable wireless network functions
-wmf - Adds support for the Windows Metafile vector image format
-wxwidgets - Adds support for wxWidgets/wxGTK GUI toolkit
+wmf - Add support for the Windows Metafile vector image format
+wxwidgets - Add support for wxWidgets/wxGTK GUI toolkit
x264 - Enable h264 encoding using x264
-xattr - Adds support for extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata)
+xattr - Add support for extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata)
xcb - Support the X C-language Binding, a replacement for Xlib
xcomposite - Enable support for the Xorg composite extension
xemacs - Add support for XEmacs
-xface - Adds xface support used to allow a small image of xface format to be included in an email via the header 'X-Face'
+xface - Add xface support used to allow a small image of xface format to be included in an email via the header 'X-Face'
xft - Build with support for XFT font renderer (x11-libs/libXft)
xine - Add support for the XINE movie libraries
xinerama - Add support for the xinerama X11 extension, which is mandatory if you work in multiple monitors setup
@@ -389,13 +389,13 @@ xmlrpc - Support for xml-rpc library
xmp - Enable support for Extensible Metadata Platform (Adobe XMP)
xmpp - Enable support for Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) formerly known as Jabber
xosd - Sends display using the X On Screen Display library
-xpm - Adds support for XPM graphics format
-xscreensaver - Adds support for XScreenSaver extension
+xpm - Add support for XPM graphics format
+xscreensaver - Add support for XScreenSaver extension
xsl - Check/Support flag for XSL library (version 1)
-xv - Adds in optional support for the Xvideo extension (an X API for video playback)
-xvid - Adds support for xvid.org's open-source mpeg-4 codec
+xv - Add in optional support for the Xvideo extension (an X API for video playback)
+xvid - Add support for xvid.org's open-source mpeg-4 codec
yahoo - Enable Yahoo Messenger IM protocol support
-yaz - Adds in optional support for the Z39.50 Protocol for Information Retrieval (YAZ)
+yaz - Add in optional support for the Z39.50 Protocol for Information Retrieval (YAZ)
zeroconf - Support for DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)
-zlib - Adds support for zlib (de)compression
+zlib - Add support for zlib (de)compression
zsh-completion - Enable zsh completion support