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Roman Gaufman wrote: |
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> err, DO_NOT_COMPILE="kmail" in /etc/make.conf does just that, and |
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> supports every package or even service KDE has to offer. Feel free to |
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> not compile ksmserver or kinit as well -- this will break things, but |
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> the fact is, gentooists always had the possibility to do this! |
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Can you explain to me how this obviously wonderful feature would help me |
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install *just* konqueror? Would I need to add DO_NOT_COMPILE with a |
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list as long as my arm to exclude everything in kde except for |
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konqueror? Perhaps someone could write a script to manage my |
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DO_NOT_COMPILE variable as more applications are included in KDE and |
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need to be excluded. |
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You've missed the entire point of the feature - it isn't about being |
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able to remove certain parts of kde, it's about being able to install |
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only selective parts of KDE. |
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> What exactly do you propose here? -- do you actually propose gentoo |
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> developers should split the metapackages into close to 100 ebuilds? -- |
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> what gain over DO_NOT_COMPILE does this give? |
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It allows you to say "I want konqueror" instead of "I want kde without a |
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list of packages as long as my arm that includes everything in kde |
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except konqueror." |
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> How about putting this in the ebuilds: |
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> kmail? || DO_NOT_COMPILE="${DO_NOT_COMPILE} kmail" |
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> konqueror? || DO_NOT_COMPILE="$DO_NOT_COMPILE} konqueror" |
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> kdm? || DO_NOT_COMPILE="$DO_NOT_COMPILE kdm" |
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> ... |
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> I'm not in favor of this as this will make many extra use flags, but |
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> it still seems a far better solution than splitting the meta packages. |
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How so? DO_NOT_COMPILE is a rather dirty hack that this does a lot to |
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alleviate. |
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> its a popular question as you rightly said. |
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DO_NOT_COMPILE only addresses the "I want kde, but I don't want |
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konqueror" question, it does very little to address the "I want |
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konqueror, but I don't want kde" question. This does. |
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-- Jason Rhinelander |
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-- Gossamer Threads, Inc. |
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