On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:35:32 +0200, David Haller wrote: > >You do know that only the desktop profiles include cups as a default > >USE flag? The one I recommended does not. > > Try compiling icedtea, libreoffice, scribus and whatnot without > pulling in cups, no matter the use-flags. And "sabotaging" the ebuild > and buildsystem to not use cups leads to failed builds, BT,TriedThat :((
The OP wanted to set up a "snappier" system. Java and LibreOffice are not the first programs that spring to mind when I think snappier... > Why does a GUI (a USER INTERFACE Toolkit fer f*** sake! Not a Printer > Interface!) _ALWAYS_ be able to print (if I interpret the AWT right)? > That's just dumb. No argument there. > [1] speaking of that: I noticed, that when I bork[2] an ebuild in > /usr/local/portage, it gets silently(!) ignored and the one from > /usr/portage is used. The only indication is the flag on the > package e.g. ::gentoo vs. ::local. Only once I move the gentoo > ebuilds into e.g. the .attic subfolder, emerge tells me what's > actually wrong with my ::local ebuild in /usr/local/portage. Have > I overlooked an option of emerge or is that a bug? ebuild /usr/local/portage/cat/pkg/pkg-x.y.ebuild merge will use the specific ebuild you give it. -- Neil Bothwick Got kleptomania? Be sure to take something for it.
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