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Walter Dnes posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2013 05:53:50 -0400 as excerpted: |
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> Hold on a minute. There is a *MAJOR* difference between "gpm" the USE |
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> flag, and sys-libs/gpm the mouse server. I'm one of those weird guys |
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> who starts USE with "-*". |
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<aol>Me too.</aol> |
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> And I do not have "gpm" the USE flag enabled. |
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It's enabled here. |
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> I do, however, have sys-libs/gpm running just fine, thank you, minus the |
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> "gpm" flag. |
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Good point. |
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> If there was a move afoot to remove sys-libs/gpm from the install ISO, |
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> I would be part of the crowd up in arms about this. But that's totally |
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> a separate item from the USE flag. |
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> Since I've never used the gpm USE flag, I have to ask... what |
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> additional goodies does USE="gpm" bring to the table? How exactly, |
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> does it improve things beyond the basic sys-libs/gpm? |
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equery hasuse gpm |
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... will tell you what packages on your system have the gpm USE flag. |
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For me: |
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[IP-] [ ] app-misc/mc-4.8.9:0 |
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[IP-] [ ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r2:5 |
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[IP-] [ ] www-client/links-2.7:2 |
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It's certainly useful in mc, the reason I keep it on. In links it's nice |
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but I'm used to keyboard navigation, so it's no big deal. I don't know |
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what ncurses-based apps (other than links and mc) use it, but it has |
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never caused me a problem, so... |
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So viewed from here, heavy mc users probably want it on, but for most |
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others it's probably meh... |
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Which means the base profile USE flag change is arguably worthwhile. |
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Anything that really needs the flag will be (re)installed later anyway, |
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after people setup their own USE flags, and while I don't use the gentoo |
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liveCD enough to have a real valid opinion on it, I doubt there's much |
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either there or in the stage3 that really needs the flag on. |
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As you mention, having the actual package on the install medium remains |
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useful, but that's an entirely separate question from what the USE flag |
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default should be. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |