Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 09:39:15AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > > >>Bit I think you're missing the point. These are DEFAULTS, if you >>really don't want any unnecessary GNOME packages installed, you >>should be specifically including -gnome in /etc/make.conf. > > > The point which I'm trying to make, and everybody else seems to be > missing, is that *THE DEFAULTS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING UNDER OUR FEET*. > Several weeks ago, I didn't have to put -gnome in USE in /etc/make.conf. > Now I do. Several months ago, I didn't have to put -ipv6 in USE. Now I > do. What's going to be added to the defaults next week or next month? > I don't like the idea of an "anti-USE definition" that needs constant > checking and updating like a Windows anti-virus definition. Here's what > /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/make.defaults has accumulated > over the years to date... > > USE="alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups emboss encode fortran > foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad > mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png > python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts > type1-fonts X xml2 xmms xv zlib" >
Yeah, that does seem a little excessive. > Is all this *REALLY* necessary, folks? Now we know why people trying > to build a minimal Gentoo have problems cutting it down to size. There > is mention of a use.mask file in man and on Gentoo, but that gets > overwritten too. The ideal solution would be "-*" followed by just the > flags that I want in /etc/make.conf. Is that syntax legal? > The portage man page says: /etc/portage/profile/ site-specific overrides of /etc/make.profile/ So you want /etc/portage/use.mask. I've heard that USE="-*" has broken some builds in the past but I'm not sure about the current state of things. > Another question, does GRP_STAGE23_USE apply to stage 2 and 3 for all > users, including those who started with stage 1? > The portage man page says: GRP_STAGE23_USE Special USE flags used by catalyst for building a stage3 and GRP sets. So this only applies if you build your own stage with catalyst (unlikely). Note that you can manage your own profile inside PORTDIR_OVERLAY. Just copy /usr/portage/profiles and change the /etc/make.profile symlink to point to your customized profile. Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
