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On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 01:06:54AM -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote |
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> I don't necessarily agree with using "-*" in your USE flags, simply |
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> because I think the USE flags in the /etc/make.conf are meant to |
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> enhance the builds with options you plan on using. Default USE |
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> flags, as identified by the developers, typically are limited to |
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> those components that the package needs to function correctly. |
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> And for those things that you really don't want to have, you can |
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> always specify the negative USE flag, i.e. "-gnome" to totally |
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> disable gnome (which is what I use). |
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> Using "-*" basically says that you know better than the developers, |
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> which is a position I wouldn't want to take... |
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One size does not fit all. Default flags have been a pet peeve of |
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mine since the "ipv6" fiasco. |
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> Otherwise the content was fine, but it makes me wonder why it would be |
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> necessary. New folks migrating to Gentoo are going to use the handbook, |
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> and I don't believe the handbook tells them to enable |
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> framebuffer/bootsplash, etc. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#book_part1_chap10 |
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suggests that it's OK, specifically the sentences... |
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> But before we install one of these two bootloaders, we inform you |
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> how to configure framebuffer (assuming you want it of course). With |
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> framebuffer you can run the Linux command line with (limited) |
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> graphical features (such as using the nice bootsplash image Gentoo |
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> provides). |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca |
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