On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > If someone wants a *REALLY* basic system, they can start off with > USE="-*" and add on stuff as necessary when portage complains and/or > ebuilds break. That's what I'd recommend to someone wanting to set up a > "basic server" machine.
Yeah, but that sucks with USE_EXPAND. For example, I sure want some version of Python installed, but setting USE="-*" removes all support for Python versions and has me add them one by one. I guess I could do that, but now I always have to keep up to date myself, which sucks. Cheers, Dirkjan
