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On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Holly Bostick wrote: |
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> Afaik, they are set by /etc/make/profile/make.defaults, and |
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> overridden/added to |
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> globally by /etc/make.conf, and individually by /etc/portage/package.use. |
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> |
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The handbook |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=2 |
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says they come from base, default-linux, default-linux/x86 and |
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default-linux/x86/2004.3 (as an example). default-linux is empty (which |
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is not confusing, as it may not be empty in the future) but USE settings |
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in default-linux/x86 are identical with |
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/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2005.1/ (meaning the file |
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make.defaults in both directories). But are they identical _always_? The |
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latter directory is the target of the symlink |
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/etc/make/profile, but what about the former? |
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> Ah, home users, always thinking the universe revolves around them :-). |
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> Linux is quite popular in the scientific community, you know-- I'm sure |
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> the admins at (oh, I dunno, let's just make up something) at Berkely |
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> (where the Seti @Home project is based) or any random lab at MIT feels |
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> the same way when they see +kde as a default USE flag. |
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kde or gnome are DE's. I'm sure every member of the scientific community |
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needs at least one, be it "bloated" or "minimalistic", and so putting |
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both of the major ones as default may be an user friendly attitude. |
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> The default USE flags represent 'sane defaults' for the broadest range |
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> of the Gentoo userbase (which I assume the devs know more about than you |
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> or I-- certainly I, at least). |
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> So if they feel that a significant enough portion of that userbase |
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> values the emboss flag, who am I to argue? The whole point of Gentoo is |
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> customization, so half of the default USE flags that do apply to me I |
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> disable, and then add another quarter-set of ones that aren't in the |
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> defaults at all-- I spend an hour or two, when installing, just going |
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> through USE flags and setting them up to my personal tastes. |
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Well, I certainly don't know whether a molecular biologist is more |
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computer savvy than, say, a physicist or an engineer, but anyway I'd |
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like to believe they're into Linux rather than Windows. |
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Of course the thing is harmless, but adds a bit to the confusion. And I |
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still can't help feeling that this is somewhat similar to a desktop |
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world map showing major cities and a small town that happens to be the |
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author's hometown. :) |
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Jorge |
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