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From: Norman Invasion <invasivenorman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Routine update wants to install 3 version of Ruby + 50 others
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:11:41
Message-Id: CAJoTvCthE9_DndNXcimeMy9Ggo4MT9n0yh6N1b4B3DyxiLS1nQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Routine update wants to install 3 version of Ruby + 50 others by Alan McKinnon
1 On 10 December 2013 15:33, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > On 10/12/2013 20:28, Bruce Hill wrote:
4 > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 05:52:36PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
5 > >>
6 > >> The only thing portage can do is assume you want everything to work
7 > >> under all installed interpreters. If you want to restrict the list of
8 > >> installed interpreters, use the relevant settings in make.conf. Python
9 > >> has PYTHON_TARGETS and SINGLE_PYTHON_TARGET for this, I don't know what
10 > >> the ruby equivalent is.
11 > >> --
12 > >> Alan McKinnon
13 > >> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
14 > >
15 > > mingdao@workstation ~ $ grep ruby /etc/portage/make.conf
16 > > RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20"
17 > >
18 > > Can't imagine you didn't know that. Ruby hater? :D
19 > >
20 >
21 >
22 > You could say that:
23 >
24 > $ grep -ir -C1 ruby /etc/portage
25 > /etc/portage/package.use/package.use- # I see no need for lvm thin
26 > volumes. And it needs thin-provisioning-tools
27 > /etc/portage/package.use/package.use: # which needs ruby. I do not want
28 > ruby.
29 > /etc/portage/package.use/package.use- sys-fs/lvm2 -thin
30 >
31 >
32 >
33 > But the real reason I don't have ruby is I don't have a use for it
34 >
35
36 $ cat /etc/portage/package.mask
37 dev-lang/ruby*
38 dev-ruby/*
39
40 Because sh, bash, awk, make, scons, cmake, perl,
41 & two different version of python certainly aren't enough.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Routine update wants to install 3 version of Ruby + 50 others Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>