Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE part of the system set?

[Dale]

Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 09:57:00AM -0600, Dale wrote
>
>    I tried a pretend emerge of khelpcenter.  I had to unmask dbus and
> allow a bunch of use flags before it would run.  Here's what I ended up
> with...
>
> USE="accessibility kde dbus qt3support ssl handbook exceptions" emerge -pv khelpcenter
>
> ...which would've downloaded 33 packages totalling 220 megabytes.  That
> looks like it could be the culprit.  I suggest cp /var/lib/portage/world
> to your user directory, and go over it with a fine-tooth comb, and ask
> yourself why you want each of those packages.  If you want to see what
> each package's dependancies are, execute...
>
> emerge -pv --depclean>  x.txt
>
> ...and then open up x.txt with an editor/viewer.  Packages listed as
> pulled in by "@selected" are in world.  I have a script which will
> generate a list of packages that can be unmerged relatively safely.
>
>    You have one heckuva lot of USE flags.  I start my USE with "-*" and
> add stuff as required.  Often, I only add it to package.use.
>
>

This is funny, I add USE flags as I need them as well.  You have to keep 
in mind tho, that USE line is many years old.  That USE line came from 
my old rig and as I emerge things, I add USE flags that I need.  I 
rarely use package.use tho.  I'm not that big of a control freak that I 
want to control a package one by one.  My package.use file has 4 lines 
in it.  They been there a while too.  I might could remove them since 
those were due to bugs of some sort.

I suspect that a lot of USE flags are no longer in use.  I tried 
eix-test-obsolete but it doesn't seem to check the USE flags.  Going 
through those one by one would take a good long while.  I don't know of 
a tool that checks for flags that are no longer in use tho.

My world file is fine.  I went through it a while back and it is fairly 
small.  It's the system set that is larger than normal.

Dale

:-)  :-)