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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE part of the system set?
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:04:29
Message-Id: 4D664CE8.2050605@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE part of the system set? by "Sebastian Beßler"
1 Sebastian Beßler wrote:
2 >
3 > One can make an easy test to see how that works:
4 >
5 > USE="-kde" emerge -e @system -vp
6 > Total: 181 packages
7 >
8 > emerge -e @system -v
9 > Total: 436 packages,
10 >
11 > The kde-useflag pulls in a waste of packages
12 >
13 > In my system-set are 50 packages:
14 >
15 > emerge @system -vp
16 > Total: 50 packages
17 >
18 > Greetings
19 >
20 > Sebastian Beßler
21 >
22 >
23
24 This is what I got with that:
25
26 Total: 294 packages (294 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB
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28 With the kde USE flag:
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30 Total: 401 packages (401 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 kB
31
32 That's a big difference. This is my system and world info:
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34 Packages installed: 929
35 Packages in world: 94
36 Packages in system: 50
37 Required packages: 929
38
39 Dale
40
41 :-) :-)