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From: Wendall Cada <wendallc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Blackdown Java and dependencies
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:51:59
Message-Id: 42A08A73.1060107@83864.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] Blackdown Java and dependencies by Jonas 'data' Fietz
1 Jonas 'data' Fietz wrote:
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6 >Wendall Cada wrote:
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9 >>I just filed a bug on this:
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11 >>http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94841
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14 >Sorry to say this, but this is not a bug at all. Useflags like opengl,
15 >xv, or sdl should be disabled anyway. Those are only needed for
16 >graphical stuff, so you will never _ever_ need them on a standard
17 >webserver.
18 >I'd say not the maintainers fault.
19 >I think, what was suggested above ("set -* for the USE-Flags and only
20 >add those you need") is the best way to go.
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23 >Regards,
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25 >Jonas Fietz
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36 Thanks Jonas. This hasn't been much of an issue in the past, but with
37 the addition of so many new use flags, I think this is a very good idea.
38 I set this server up over a year and a half ago and many things have
39 changed since then.
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41 Very good advice in this thread.
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43 Wendall
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