Re: [gentoo-server] server advice

[Kurt Lieber]

On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 02:39:01PM -0800 or thereabouts, Ben Munat wrote:
> What would folks recommend for USE flag settings for a web server? I'm
> figuring on at least -kde, -gnome, but  beyond that I'm kind of
> confused. Do I need to do "-<flag>" for all the flags that I won't use
> (alsa and other audio stuff, all X stuff, cups and any other printing
> stuff, etc.)? If you're running a webserver and could share your USE
> flags with me, that would be much appreciated.

Start with:

USE="-*

and tack on those USE flags that you want.  

For Gentoo, most of our servers use:

USE="-* ncurses ssl crypt berkdb tcpd pam xml perl python mmx snmp"

Those may not all be necessary for you, however.

--kurt