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On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:31 PM, James Ausmus <james.ausmus@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> To see bare system, do: |
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> USE="-*" emerge -pev @system |
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Actually, this is a very good way to explore the effect of certain |
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flags on the total package count. Thanks. |
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As a minimum set your command shows |
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USE="-*" emerge -pev @system -> Total: 86 packages |
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I've got a long list of flags in make.conf. With them all I get |
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emerge -epv @system -> Total: 242 packages |
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Three or four flags, enabled globally, cause most of the increase: |
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USE="-cups" emerge -epv @system -> Total: 178 packages |
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USE="-cups -java" emerge -epv @system -> Total: 139 packages |
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USE="-cups -java -X" emerge -epv @system -> Total: 131 packages |
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The other big one at the system level is -pam but I'm __very__ unsure |
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about removing that totally: |
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USE="-cups -java -X -pam" emerge -epv @system -> Total: 102 packages |
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Is it necessary to turn on pam features on every package on my system |
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that might use them? |
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Truly, for me it's not about package count but more about the time it |
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takes to build or update @system and whether this stuff is really |
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required. I figure pam is, I tend to think cups, java and possibly X |
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aren't needed at the system level. X is three packages directly and |
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then a few more that they seem to drag in |
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[ebuild R ] sys-apps/dbus-1.2.3-r1 USE="-X* -debug -doc (-selinux)" 0 kB |
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[ebuild R ] sys-apps/groff-1.20.1-r1 USE="-X* -examples" |
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LINGUAS="(-ja)" 0 kB |
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[ebuild R ] net-misc/openssh-5.2_p1-r3 USE="ldap pam tcpd -X* |
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-X509 -hpn -kerberos -libedit -pkcs11 (-selinux) -skey -smartcard |
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-static" 0 kB |
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I'm guessing X for openssh is a good idea if you want to do ssh -X -Y |
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etc. but why does one need X for groff or dbus? (Ah, 'user's vision' |
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of the mysteries of Gentoo use flags and what devs do with them...) |
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;-) |
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I'm personally thinking I'm in better shape with cups and java not in |
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make.conf and then adding them to packages where I really think I want |
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them. In the end it likely ends up with more or less the same things |
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on the system but fewer of them in @system. |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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P.s. - thanks to all that answered. Trying to keeping the thread count |
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down by just answering back once. |
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