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On Wednesday 30 April 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 30 April 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > USE="doc" adds extra documentation, usually API information |
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> > for programmers, which is why it is rarely needed globally. The |
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> > doc flag increases the dependencies of some packages, sometimes |
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> > massively. |
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> Thanks Neil, thanks a lot for mentioning that. Now I have |
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> horrifying images burned into my brain of doxygen, openjade, SGML |
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> and DTDs lumbering out of holes in the ground and slithering |
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> towards me, zombie-like, hell bent on devouring me whole and |
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> consigning my soul to oblivion. |
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> "USE=doc" is truly the stuff of which nightmares are made. |
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It isn't all that bad. I have "doc" enabled globally. Yes, some |
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packages take a while longer - but then, in most cases I want the |
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documentation anyway. I haven't been haunted by this so far. ;-) |
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> /me lumbers off in search of mind-altering substances with |
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> depressant side-effects.... |
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Just watch TV for a while. |
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Uwe |
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Ignorance killed the cat, sir, curiosity was framed! |
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