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On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 07:09:29AM -0500, Michael Mol wrote |
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> On Jan 17, 2013 3:35 AM, "Dirkjan Ochtman" <djc@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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> wrote: |
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> > > If someone wants a *REALLY* basic system, they can start off with |
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> > > USE="-*" and add on stuff as necessary when portage complains and/or |
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> > > ebuilds break. That's what I'd recommend to someone wanting to set up a |
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> > > "basic server" machine. |
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> > |
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> > Yeah, but that sucks with USE_EXPAND. For example, I sure want some |
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> > version of Python installed, but setting USE="-*" removes all support |
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> > for Python versions and has me add them one by one. I guess I could do |
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> > that, but now I always have to keep up to date myself, which sucks. |
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> My thought is that base should have just enough enabled for stage3 to be |
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> self-hosting. Moving existing base to something like "common" would retain |
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> a profile for that "most people would want this" set. |
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On a lark, I once tried the "default/linux/x86/10.0" profile for a |
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re-install on my netbook without "-*". I soon ended up with more "-" |
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entries in make.conf and package.use, than I have add-on entries when |
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using "-*". And I was only half-way through installing the apps I |
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normally use. I went back to "-*". |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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