Re: [gentoo-user] do you USE="minimal" in /etc/make.conf?

[Grant]

>> I try to run a minimal system in general so I added the minimal USE
>> flag to /etc/make.conf.  The only difference I've noticed so far is
>> the lack of color in vim.  Do you add minimal to /etc/make.conf and
>> remove it as necessary in package.use or the other way around?
>
> I read somewhere, can't remember where exactly, that you should not
> enable this flag globally, and I agree. The effect varies from one
> package to another, it's not like jpeg, which has predictable and largely
> consistent effects on all packages that use it. For example, with
> server/client packages, it usually disables building of the server part,
> whereas you have already found it does something completely different
> with vim.
>
> Check to see what it does on an individual package and then enable it in
> package.use.

I've found the same thing.  It does something different to just about
every package.

- Grant