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From: John Davis <zhen@g.o>
To: Drake Wyrm <wyrm@×××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] proposed USE flag: nodoc[Message Scanned]
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:03:39
Message-Id: 401A0255.9010600@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] proposed USE flag: nodoc by Drake Wyrm
1 Drake Wyrm wrote:
2 > Just had an idea for a new USE flag. As a companion to the 'doc' USE flag
3 > (which installs extra documentation), how about a USE flag which inhibits
4 > /any/ documentation. This would be highly handy for trimming down a system
5 > such as a server or router which will never have a warm body sitting in
6 > front of it after everything is installed and configured. What say ye?
7 >
8 Why not put -doc in USE? If the ebuild is specifying docs to install
9 using the doc USE, doing the above will negate that effect. All that
10 needs to be done is make more ebuilds conform to it.
11
12 Cheers,
13 //zhen
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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] proposed USE flag: nodoc[Message Scanned] Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] proposed USE flag: nodoc[Message Scanned?] Drake Wyrm <wyrm@×××××.com>