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From: z3rosix@×××××××.ch
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] server to firewall conversion
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:39:43
Message-Id: 20060215141527.GB24602@gmx.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] server to firewall conversion by James
1 Hello,
2
3 On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 01:49:06PM +0000, James wrote:
4 > Hello,
5 >
6 > I've been pruning down a server to become a minimal firewall. Slowly
7 > removing packages, running 'revdep-rebuild -p' removing packages
8 > and so on. Now I've got my make.conf looking like this:
9 >
10 > USE="perl -gtk -gnome -qt -kde acl acpi hardened kerberos krb4 ssl -alsa -arts/
11 > -avi -cups -gif -gstreamer -gtk2 -jpeg -motif -mp3 -mpeg -ogg -oggvorbis /
12 > -png -quicktime -spell -vorbis -X -xmms -xv dvd -cdr sse mmx -cups /
13 > -jack -php -tiff lm_sensors -mozilla doc syslog "
14 >
15
16 you can make it look like this USE="-* perl acl acpi hardened kerberos
17 krb4 ssl dvd sse mmx lm_sensors"
18 The first "-*" disabels all and then you are sure that only what you
19 want's gets enabled.
20
21 > Anything else I should add/subtract from the USE flags?
22 >
23 > When I run a emerge -uavDN world, it still wants to rebuild some X packages:
24 > x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6
25 >
26
27 try to run emerge with "-p --pretend" option, which should give you the
28 reason, why xorg would be emerged
29
30 > Somehow, I think I've missed a few things as I definately want X, kde and gnome
31 > removed from the server-to-firewall.
32 >
33 > thoughts and suggestions are most welcome.
34 >
35
36 greetz
37
38 alex
39 --
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Re: [gentoo-user] server to firewall conversion Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
[gentoo-user] SOLVED: Re: server to firewall conversion James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>