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From: Ben <yngwin@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] remove cups from releases/make.defaults ?
Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 01:59:18
Message-Id: CAB9SyzRRgj8yUwDE8vzd+mY=+eGbr67JQr6kxdpqz9RDoUC5QQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] remove cups from releases/make.defaults ? by hasufell
1 On 6 May 2012 04:45, hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote:
2 > # grep ^USE /usr/portage/profiles/releases/make.defaults
3 > USE="acl cups gdbm gpm nptl nptlonly sysfs unicode"
4 >
5 > This is used by "/usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/amd64/10.0" for
6 > example, so I have "cups" in default NON-DESKTOP profile like it was a
7 > mandatory useflag.
8 >
9 > Is it? I don't even have a printer and expect that profile to be the
10 > very minimum.
11 >
12 > This would rather be a useflag for targets/desktop/make.defaults imo.
13 >
14 > I see a similar discussion has happened 2 years ago, but I don't see a
15 > solution there.
16 >
17
18 I would argue (and I did 2 years ago) that it doesn't belong even in
19 the desktop profile. I'm certainly not the only desktop user who
20 hasn't had a printer in years.
21
22 Cheers,
23 Ben | yngwin

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] remove cups from releases/make.defaults ? Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] remove cups from releases/make.defaults ? Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>