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On 8/11/06, Rafael Barrera Oro <rafael@××××××××××××××××.ar> wrote: |
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> Hello people, i installed a Gentoo 2006.0 with a LiveCD and i noticed |
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> make.conf is full of USE flags (a lot of em really) which every now and |
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> then cause emerges to merge a lot of packages that i dont need, so i |
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> wanted to ask if there is an advisable minimum set of flags that i could |
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> use. |
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I would recommend putting very few flags in make.conf, and making |
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heavy use of /etc/portage/package.use. In many cases, we add a flag |
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to make.conf because we want functionality for a single package, and |
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it ends up affecting other packages as well. Those flags that do go |
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in make.conf should truly have some global sense. |
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A good plan for trimming: for each flag in make.conf, do "USE=-flag |
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emerge -DNvp world". If only one or two installed packages use that |
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flag, move it it package.use. You also get a chance to possibly |
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rebuild some things without those flags to eliminate some |
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dependancies. |
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-Richard |
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