Re: [gentoo-amd64] recommended USE flags

[Roman Zilka]

> Hello people, i installed a Gentoo 2006.0 with a LiveCD and i noticed
> make.conf is full of USE flags (a lot of em really) which every now and
> then cause emerges to merge a lot of packages that i dont need, so i
> wanted to ask if there is an advisable minimum set of flags that i could
> use.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Rafael

Hi,

IMHO the USE flags setting is what differentiates me from mostly everyone
else - some kind of a DNA of a Gentoo user. I think you'll have to
make yourself a cup of coffee, read the whole of
/usr/portage/profiles/use.desc and decide on your own. Maybe someone might
come up with a set of flags your would probably want to have set, but you're
apparently interested in disabling features to get rid of some unwanted
stuff. And I think there's no telling what flags should be disabled generally.
You have to decide what you want your system to look like, only you know the
environment (network, HW, ...), the apps you'd like to use, etc.

To give you an impression, here's my set of flags and its background:

USE="-3dfx 3dnow X a52 aac -accessibility -acl acpi -afs -aim alsa
-altivec -apm -arts bash-completion -bidi -bluetooth bzip2 -canna
-cdinstall cdr -chasen -cjk -clamav crypt cups curl -debug
-dedicated -directfb -doc dri dv dvd dvdr -emacs -emacs-w3 -emboss
encode -esd -examples exif -fbcon ffmpeg -firefox flac -foomaticdb
-fortran -freewnn ftp -gb gif glut -gnome -gnustep -gphoto2 -gpm gstreamer
gtk2 -guile -ibm iconv icq -ieee1394 imagemagick
imap -ipv6 -jabber -jack java javascript jikes -joystick jpeg jpeg2k
-kde -kdeenablefinal -kerberos -krb4 -ldap -leim -lirc
lm_sensors mad -maildir -mailwrapper -matrox mbox -mcve -migemo mikmod
mime -minimal mmap mmx mng -mono mozilla mp3 mpeg -mpi
-msn -mule -multilib nas ncurses -netboot -nis nls nocd -nocxx nptl
nsplugin -ocaml offensive -ofx ogg openal opengl -pcmcia pcre -pda pdf
-pfpro png posix -ppds -prelude quicktime -radius recode -ruby samba -sasl
-scanner sdl -skey
-smartcard sndfile -snmp -soap sockets -socks5 sox speex spell sse
sse2 ssl svg -symlink sysvipc szip -tcpd theora threads tiff
truetype unicode usb userlocales -v4l vcd -vhosts videos
vorbis -wifi win32codecs wmf xine -xinerama xmms xosd xpm xprint xv xvid
-yahoo zlib"

I would say this is a consistent set, more or less proven by time (at least
it tweaks my Gentoo to do what I expect it to), but be warned that I'm no
Gentoo-guru.:)

Regards
-Roman
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