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On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:27:32 +0100, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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> On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:17:08 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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>> My solution to simplify Gentoo... |
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>> waltdnes@d531 ~ $ cat /etc/portage/package.mask |
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>> sys-libs/pam |
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>> sys-apps/dbus |
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>> sys-apps/hal |
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> That's as much crippling as simplifying. You can do without pam and hal |
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> by setting appropriate USE flags (I run pam-free here by |
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> doing just that) but D-Bus provides a standard way for applications to |
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> communicate with one another and removing it can stop your desktop |
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> working as it should. |
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Really? I removed dbus from my system altogether and everything seems to |
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be communicating fine. And according to this |
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(http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-810848-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-0.html) |
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a system should be able to communicate without dbus. |
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And an easy way to be pam, dbus, and hal free is just setting the right |
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USE flags. I'd say it's easier than to make a package.mask file, if you |
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haven't created one. |
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