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On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 08:32:51 -0500, »Q« wrote: |
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> > > use.local.desc:sys-fs/lvm2:device-mapper-only - Build only |
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> > > device-mapper and not the rest of LVM2 (UNSUPPORTED) |
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> > Aha! |
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> > So the choice is between an unsupported configuration or installing a |
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> > handful of binaries that you will never use. Unless space was an |
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> > issue, there's about 6MB difference, I'd go with the latter, although |
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> > UNSUPPORTED != DOESNOTWORK |
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> My guess is that 'unsupported' in this case means upstream won't bother |
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> to make sure the partial installation will continue to work. If it |
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> ever does break, I'd expect the Gentoo maintainers to force the flag |
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> off. |
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Agreed, it basically means it works for now but no guarantees in the |
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future, which should make it reasonably safe to enable the flag now. |
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Although I'd be wary of doing that if the OS is installed on an |
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encrypted filesystem. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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