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On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:14:18 -0800 |
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Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I try to run a minimal system in general so I added the minimal USE |
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> flag to /etc/make.conf. The only difference I've noticed so far is |
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> the lack of color in vim. Do you add minimal to /etc/make.conf and |
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> remove it as necessary in package.use or the other way around? |
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I leave it off and add it per-package as needed. |
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I suppose the best approach would be for each individual to look at |
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their own copy of what this below does and decide for themselves if the |
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majority is what the need or don;t need (and make a choice): |
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# euses -sf minimal |
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minimal - Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, |
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fonts, most drivers, non-critical features) app-crypt/ekeyd:minimal - |
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Only install the ekey-egd-linux service rather than the full ekeyd |
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package. app-editors/nano:minimal - Disable all fancy features, |
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including ones that otherwise have a dedicated USE flag (such as |
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spelling). app-office/scribus:minimal - Don't install headers (only |
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required for e.g. plug-in developers) app-portage/gentoolkit:minimal - |
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Install only the gentoolkit core code. app-text/dictd:minimal - Don't |
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build server but dict client, dictzip and dictfmt only. |
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dev-db/mariadb:minimal - Install client programs only, no server |
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dev-db/mysql:minimal - Install client programs only, no server |
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dev-db/unixODBC:minimal - Disable bundled drivers and extra libraries |
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(most users don't need these) dev-libs/libcdio:minimal - Only build the |
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libcdio library and little more, just to be used to link against from |
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multimedia players. With this USE flag enabled, none of the |
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command-line utilities are built, nor is the CDDA library. |
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dev-php/PEAR-HTTP_Download:minimal - Do not include support for |
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PEAR-MIME_Type dev-php/ZendFramework:minimal - Installs the minimal |
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version without Dojo toolkit, tests and demos dev-util/dialog:minimal - |
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Disable library, install command-line program only |
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dev-util/google-perftools:minimal - Only build the tcmalloc_minimal |
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library, ignoring the heap checker and the profilers. |
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mail-client/thunderbird:minimal - Remove the software development kit |
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and headers media-gfx/iscan-plugin-gt-f500:minimal - Install the |
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firmware only, and not the plugin. net-analyzer/munin:minimal - |
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installs only the munin-node, applicable if the host is not the munin |
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master installation" net-p2p/eiskaltdcpp:minimal - Don't install |
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headers net-print/hplip:minimal - Only build internal hpijs/hpcups |
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driver (not recommended at all, make sure you know what you are doing) |
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sci-chemistry/oasis:minimal - Restricts functionality on free software |
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sys-apps/smartmontools:minimal - Do not install the monitoring daemon |
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and associated scripts. sys-auth/pambase:minimal - Disables the |
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standard PAM modules that provide extra information to users on login; |
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this includes pam_tally (and pam_tally2 for Linux PAM 1.1 and later), |
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pam_lastlog, pam_motd and other similar modules. This might not be a |
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good idea on a multi-user system but could reduce slightly the overhead |
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on single-user non-networked systems. sys-boot/lilo:minimal - Do not |
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install the dolilo helper script sys-kernel/zen-sources:minimal - Clone |
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git tree with --depth 1 to reduce amount of data to download. Use with |
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caution www-client/firefox:minimal - Prevent sdk and headers from being |
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installed x11-apps/xinit:minimal - Control dependencies on legacy apps |
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(xterm, twm, ...). Safe to enable if you use a modern desktop |
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environment. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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