| Flag |
Description |
9999 |
4.3.1-r2 |
4.3.0-r3 |
3.21.0-r2 |
| archive |
Enable archiving plugin
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| bogofilter |
Build <pkg>mail-filter/bogofilter</pkg> plugin
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| calendar |
Add support for calendars (not using mcal!)
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| clamav |
Add support for Clam AntiVirus software (usually with a plugin)
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| 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 https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| doc |
Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| gnutls |
Prefer net-libs/gnutls as SSL/TLS provider (ineffective with USE=-ssl)
|
⊕ |
⊕ |
⊕ |
⊕ |
| imap |
Add support for IMAP (Internet Mail Application Protocol)
|
⊕ |
⊕ |
⊕ |
⊕ |
| ldap |
Add LDAP support (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| libcanberra |
Enable sound notification in connection with USE=notification
|
✗ |
✗ |
⊕ |
✗ |
| libnotify |
Enable notification on the desktop in connection with USE=notification
|
✗ |
✗ |
⊕ |
⊕ |
| litehtml |
Enable <pkg>dev-libs/gumbo</pkg> html viewer plugin
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| networkmanager |
Enable net-misc/networkmanager support
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| nls |
Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| nntp |
Add support for newsgroups (Network News Transfer Protocol)
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| notification |
Notification for new mail in different way, see also USE flags libcanberra, libindicate and libnotify
|
⊕ |
⊕ |
⊕ |
⊕ |
| oauth |
Enable OAuth2 authentication support
|
⊕ |
⊕ |
⊕ |
✗ |
| 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
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| pgp |
Enable PGP support
|
⊕ |
⊕ |
⊕ |
⊕ |
| python |
Enable plugin for Python scripting
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| rss |
Enable support for RSS feeds
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| session |
Add persistent session support
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| sieve |
Build plugin for sieve filter support
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| smime |
Build plugin for S/MIME support
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| spam-report |
Enable plugin for spam reporting to various services
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| spamassassin |
Build <pkg>mail-filter/spamassassin</pkg> plugin
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| spell |
Add dictionary support
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| startup-notification |
Enable application startup event feedback mechanism
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| svg |
Add support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| valgrind |
Enable annotations for accuracy. May slow down runtime slightly. Safe to use even if not currently using dev-debug/valgrind
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| webkit |
Add support for the WebKit HTML rendering/layout engine
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
| xface |
Add xface support used to allow a small image of xface format to be included in an email via the header 'X-Face'
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |