Does anyone here know of a site for good descriptions for the USE flags? I am starting a gentoo installation, and am at the stage where I am supposed to set the USE flags before compiling the kernel (I am doing the installation via chroot from ubuntu).
I understand why the USE flags are there and how this enables you to configure your system to your own specs and uses, but I can't find any good descriptions of what the flags do. I have found a ton of sites that provide the standard description of the flag, but they do not give enough info to tell me if I need it for something. I have spent a few hours googling the first bunch of flags to figure it out, but there are hundreds of possible flags and at this rate, I won't finish this century.
I obviously could just go with the default desktop config, but isn't that kinda defeating the purpose of this excellent tool?
For example, from the Gentoo Linux Use Variable Descriptions:
acl - Adds support for Access Control Lists.
fine, but now I have to find out what an Access Control List is, etc.
Another question. If I think I have them set up the way I want and set up my rig, will I have to start from scratch and re-compile everything if I later find out I missed a crucial flag?
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