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On Wednesday, 31 May 2006 21:31, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: |
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> Hi folks: |
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> A few months back, I went through a phase where I built several |
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> computers via the gentoo installer disk, they work, but they are not as |
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> well optimized as I would like. I have successfully destroyed 5 of them |
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> trying to fix the use flags, so after that im to the point of asking for |
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> some help :) -- |
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Too much optimisation can be a bad thing. |
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> My IDS box is the next one on the list to be fixed. I would like to be |
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> able to rebuild the kernel for what I use it for - -No problem there -- |
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> that's simple. And I would like to take out all the unused use flags |
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> and replace them with a basic set - -this is where I have gotten into |
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> trouble before on the other systems -- I can edit them in make.conf so I |
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> have what I want - right now it looks like I will be using |
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> USE="apache2 dev/lang-php mysql -ipv6 -mmx -mp3 -nls -xmms -alsa -arts" |
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What is dev/lang-php doing in there? If your intention is for the mysql USE |
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flag to only apply to dev/lang-php then put the line 'dev-lang/php mysql' |
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into /etc/portage/package.use |
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Also mmx is not a default USE flag, specifically disabling it is redundant. |
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> Knowing that, once I edit make.conf, what do I need to do next to get |
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> stuff re-compiled etc? |
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if you had looked at the emerge man page you'd have noticed the 'N' argument. |
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> Any other recommendation etc??? |
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My recommendation is to not touch any USE flags that you don't understand. The |
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defaults are usually perfectly fine unless you have a good reason to disable |
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particular flags. |
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I would also recommend that you go through and read all the portage |
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documentation. |
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> Thanks |
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> TIM |
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> Timothy A. Holmes |
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> IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher |
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> Medina Christian Academy |
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> A Higher Standard... |
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> Jeremiah 33:3 |
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> Jeremiah 29:11 |
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> Esther 4:14 |
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Raymond Lewis Rebbeck |
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