Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 21:15:53
Message-Id: 20130803221528.5afb3218@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git? by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 14:18:28 -0500, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
2
3 > acero ~ # du -sh /usr/share/doc
4 > 2.5G /usr/share/doc
5 >
6 > You will save much more space by using USE="-doc" (or perhaps even
7 > adding /usr/share/doc to INSTALL_MASK), than by removing potentially
8 > useful functionality.
9
10 USE="-doc" will greatly reduce that without using INSTALL_MASK or
11 omitting anything important. USE="doc" should only control additional
12 docs, such as needed by devs, although some packages don't respect this.
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15 --
16 Neil Bothwick
17
18 Math and alcohol don't mix. Don't drink and derive.

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