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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] necessary use flgas
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:08:19
Message-Id: 20150623180802.79094832@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] necessary use flgas by David Haller
1 On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:35:32 +0200, David Haller wrote:
2
3 > >You do know that only the desktop profiles include cups as a default
4 > >USE flag? The one I recommended does not.
5 >
6 > Try compiling icedtea, libreoffice, scribus and whatnot without
7 > pulling in cups, no matter the use-flags. And "sabotaging" the ebuild
8 > and buildsystem to not use cups leads to failed builds, BT,TriedThat :((
9
10 The OP wanted to set up a "snappier" system. Java and LibreOffice are
11 not the first programs that spring to mind when I think snappier...
12
13 > Why does a GUI (a USER INTERFACE Toolkit fer f*** sake! Not a Printer
14 > Interface!) _ALWAYS_ be able to print (if I interpret the AWT right)?
15 > That's just dumb.
16
17 No argument there.
18
19 > [1] speaking of that: I noticed, that when I bork[2] an ebuild in
20 > /usr/local/portage, it gets silently(!) ignored and the one from
21 > /usr/portage is used. The only indication is the flag on the
22 > package e.g. ::gentoo vs. ::local. Only once I move the gentoo
23 > ebuilds into e.g. the .attic subfolder, emerge tells me what's
24 > actually wrong with my ::local ebuild in /usr/local/portage. Have
25 > I overlooked an option of emerge or is that a bug?
26
27 ebuild /usr/local/portage/cat/pkg/pkg-x.y.ebuild merge
28
29 will use the specific ebuild you give it.
30
31
32 --
33 Neil Bothwick
34
35 Got kleptomania? Be sure to take something for it.

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Re: [gentoo-user] necessary use flgas David Haller <gentoo@×××××××.de>