Today I ran world update and saw that the kernel sources have a new USE flag: deblob.
What does deblob do?
There are 3 ways that I know of to find the answer.
Here they are:
The first is using the command line 'euse' from app-portage/gentoolkit:
$ euse -I deblob global use flags (searching: deblob) ************************************************************ no matching entries found local use flags (searching: deblob) ************************************************************ [+ C ] deblob (sys-kernel/gentoo-sources): Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance.Much faster option is using 'quse' from app-portage/portage-utils:
$ quse -D deblob local:deblob:sys-kernel/ck-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/gentoo-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/git-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/hardened-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/mips-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/mm-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/openvz-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/tuxonice-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/vanilla-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/vserver-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/xen-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance. local:deblob:sys-kernel/zen-sources: Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance.And finally the option from the Gentoo handbook USE flags:
$ cat /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc | grep deblobThe last option doesn't always produce results. Its better to use the first two (euse, quse).
Regards,
Kfir
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If you have app-portage/portage-utils :
ReplyDeleteequery hasuse deblob
and gentoo server works too :
http://gentoo-portage.com/Search?search=&use=deblob
Regards,
BT
I used "fgrep deblob' - ' /usr/portage/profiles/use*.desc" -- it checks both local and global flags, and avoids listing other lines containing the flag's name.
ReplyDeleteWhat about ufed ? That's what i use.
ReplyDelete"fgrep deblob' - ' /usr/portage/profiles/use*.desc"
ReplyDeletethat will miss all the specific use flags that are
only described in the metadata.xml file of an ebuild. euses and quse (I think) will find these.
equery uses sys-kernel/vanilla-sources:
ReplyDeleteU I
- - build : !!internal use only!! DO NOT SET THIS FLAG YOURSELF!, used for creating build images and the first half of bootstrapping [make stage1]
- - deblob : Remove binary blobs from kernel sources to provide libre license compliance.
- - symlink : Force kernel ebuilds to automatically update the /usr/src/linux symlinkn
> The last option doesn't always produce results. Its better to use the first two (euse, quse).
ReplyDeleteIf I understand correctly, both {e,q}use utilities ultimately parse /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc, so looking in this file is the most kosher way of doing things. I still use ufed, though :)