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From: Alec Warner <warnera6@×××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE="minimal" for kernel sources
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:46:23
Message-Id: 4321BB60.90606@egr.msu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE="minimal" for kernel sources by "Petteri Räty"
1 Petteri Räty wrote:
2
3 >warnera6 wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >>IMHO it is, but not as a USE flag (it will never be stable enough
7 >>without upstream support) but I think many would find the functionality
8 >>useful in a script. I know I would. If it works most of the time and
9 >>saves space, there is no reason not trim things. If it breaks, you
10 >>immediately revert to a normal build.
11 >>
12 >>
13 >>
14 >
15 >Well this would not give the advantage of cutting down emerge times. Why
16 >the script when you can just turn off the use flag?
17 >
18 >
19 >
20 Because the USE flag itself doesn't produce stable output and shouldn't
21 be in a stable tree, IMHO. You can't mask use flags ~arch.
22
23 >>>Or, put the kernel source on a cd, and build off of it (putting the
24 >>>objects on your local disk.) This lets you only use the local disk for
25 >>>your built objects.
26 >>>
27 >>>
28 >
29 >I can always maintain this in my overlay if I want to so that is no
30 >problem. I just thought this might be useful for other people too.
31 >
32 >Regards,
33 >Petteri Räty (Betelgeuse)
34 >
35 >
36 >
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