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On Wednesday 20 September 2006 23:58, Grant wrote: |
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> > > Can someone explain the great minimal breakout happening in portage or |
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> > > point me toward a link? Is USE="minimal" in make.conf the kind of |
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> > > thing you should do if you don't have a specific reason not to, or the |
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> > > kind of thing you shouldn't do unless you have a specific reason to. |
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> > > |
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> > > - Grant |
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> > |
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> > The second one, but I can't come up with any possible reason for doing |
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> > so. The actual problem is that the flag has no 'real' global meaning, |
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> > which means that it might turn off some 'unnecessary' features in one |
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> > application and turn off one of the most useful in another. |
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> > |
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> > So don't gamble with it. :) |
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> Ok, good to know. Can anyone report any packages they prefer to run |
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> with USE="minimal" ? |
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xorg-server on a headless system. |
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It allows you to install X dependent packages and run them remotely (over ssh) |
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without having to install the complete X server. (you can also disable |
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the "xorg" flag since you won't need any input/output drivers) |
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mysql on a client system. |
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This only installs the libraries that are needed for clients. |
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For instance if you need your apache/php webserver to talk to mysql but have |
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no need for a local mysqlserver. |
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