Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 04:12:59 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> Dang. I had to add about 90 packages to my package.use and some more to >> the keyword file. >> >> I wonder if make.conf would be better in my case too? My use file just >> grew my a huge amount. > You package.use has grown by one filesystem block at most, how much extra > disk space and CPU cycles would you use by compiling 32 bit options for > every package that has them?
I wasn't worried about disk space, just that I rarely use entries in that file. Heck, it's enough to manage the other package.* files already. > > If you use a single file for package.use, it does make it far more > cumbersome to manage, but that's why I switched to separate files many > years ago. > > I've tried separate files and having them all in one file. Either way, each entry requires a person to manage it. For me at least, it's six of one and half a dozen of the other. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
