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On Wednesday 30 April 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> USE="doc" adds extra documentation, usually API information |
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> for programmers, which is why it is rarely needed globally. The doc |
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> flag increases the dependencies of some packages, sometimes |
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> massively. |
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Thanks Neil, thanks a lot for mentioning that. Now I have horrifying |
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images burned into my brain of doxygen, openjade, SGML and DTDs |
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lumbering out of holes in the ground and slithering towards me, |
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zombie-like, hell bent on devouring me whole and consigning my soul to |
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oblivion. |
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"USE=doc" is truly the stuff of which nightmares are made. |
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/me lumbers off in search of mind-altering substances with depressant |
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side-effects.... |
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:-) |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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