Gimp has a configure option of "--with-gif-compression=" to enable lzw or rle compression but there is no coresponding use flag in the ebuild. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -pv gimp 2. 3. Actual Results: [ebuild R ] media-gfx/gimp-2.2.6 -aalib (-altivec) -debug -doc +gimpprint -gtkhtml +jpeg +mmx +mng +png +python +sse -svg +tiff -wmf Expected Results: It needs more use flags! Though not a correct solution I've gotten around this by changing the gimp-2.2.6 ebuild like so: -IUSE="aalib altivec debug doc gtkhtml gimpprint jpeg mmx mng png python sse svg tiff wmf" +IUSE="aalib altivec debug doc gtkhtml gimpprint jpeg mmx mng png python sse svg tiff wmf lzw" econf \ --disable-default-binary \ --with-x \ "${HARDENED_SUPPRESS_MMX}" \ ${myconf} \ + `use_with lzw gif-compression=lzw` \ `use_enable altivec` \ `use_enable doc gtk-doc` \ `use_enable python` \ `use_enable gimpprint print` \ `use_with png libpng` \ `use_with jpeg libjpeg` \ `use_with jpeg libexif` \ `use_with tiff libtiff` \ `use_with mng libmng` \ `use_with aalib aa` \ `use_enable debug` || die Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Feb 8 2005, 09:39:54)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.14 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -mmmx -msse -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -w" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -mmmx -msse -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -w" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks prelink sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.ccccom.com ftp://gentoo.ccccom.com http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow X alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl directfb dvd dvdread emboss encode esd fam flash foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gimpprint gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib innodb java jpegjunit kde libclamav libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mmx2 mng motif mozilla mp3mpeg mtrr mysql ncurses network nls nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline rtc ruby samba sdl spell sse sslsvga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb vorbis xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS
there is no global lzw flag and I doubt there's really much relevance in buildtime selection compression for gifs. Afaik the default is also the suggested use.
Closing, provide a valid reason/case why the defaults aren't sufficient if you wish to reopen.
