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On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Not to long ago, there was only a 150 or so |
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> packages for system regardless of the USE flags. |
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I think that you are just mistaken about this point. I have pretty |
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much always been able to make @system package count blow up by turning |
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on lots of flags. |
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As I say, my server has >350 packages in @system including X and gnome |
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stuff because of flags. The KDE laptop I just did for my mom has |
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around 190, no X, no gnome, etc. |
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It's all in the flag choices. |
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But why worry? In the old days I did worry because the machines were |
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slower and I couldn't do an @world update very often. Today on a |
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modern processor I can rebuild @world with 900 packages in a few |
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hours. It's not as big a deal anymore (to me anyway) that @system |
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seems a little bloated. It's not bloated when you build a new system. |
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It's only after you start making flag choices that it happens. |
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- Mark |
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