| 1 |
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 06:18:49AM -0500, Dale wrote: |
| 2 |
> |
| 3 |
> To think people wonder why my USE line is so big. I keep having to add |
| 4 |
> stuff when portage pukes but portage never tells me when one has fell |
| 5 |
> off the reservation and needs to be removed. < sighs > Over the years, |
| 6 |
> it adds up. |
| 7 |
> |
| 8 |
|
| 9 |
I'm a bit surprised more people here haven't embraced package.use. |
| 10 |
It really allows for a high degree of fine tuning, and without it |
| 11 |
the system would be horribly bloated like most other linux distros. |
| 12 |
In fact, USE flags are (IMO) what sets gentoo apart and it's one of |
| 13 |
the the main reasons I switched to gentoo from FreeBSD for my main |
| 14 |
systems... |
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
The first time I tried gentoo ithough I was utterly defeated by my |
| 17 |
lack of understanding of USE flags. Then I read the handbook and it |
| 18 |
all came together like magic. :) |
| 19 |
|
| 20 |
IMO the USE line in make.conf really should only contain the universal |
| 21 |
stuff you can't live without, specifying everything else on a per |
| 22 |
package basis is what makes it possible to run a system which is at once |
| 23 |
full-featured and lean. |
| 24 |
|
| 25 |
As with everything in life, YMMV. |
| 26 |
:) |
| 27 |
|
| 28 |
-- |
| 29 |
caveat utilitor |
| 30 |
♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ |
Archives