Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-04 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 02 Aug 2013 21:41:07 Harry Putnam wrote: Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes: On 3 August 2013, at 04:03, Harry Putnam wrote: ... emerge -vp dev-vcs/git and come up with 194 pkgs that need to be installed. ... So I imagine I've done something thats causing

[gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com writes: On 03/08/13 06:03, Harry Putnam wrote: No doubt suffering from overdose of pilot error here but on a new (in progress) install of gentoo as guest in vbox. I ran the command emerge -vp dev-vcs/git and come up with 194 pkgs that need to be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 08/02/2013 08:22 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Now, is it reasonable to install that way? Will I run into some horrible unsightly mess using git, when installed this way. Without USE=perl, you'll get a surprise if you try to `git add -i`.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:22:09 -0400 schrieb Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com: Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com writes: On 03/08/13 06:03, Harry Putnam wrote: No doubt suffering from overdose of pilot error here but on a new (in progress) install of gentoo as guest in vbox. I ran the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Wang Xuerui
2013/8/3 Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com: Hehe, alright, now we're talking that reduced dependancies to just 1 lonesome cpio. Now, is it reasonable to install that way? Will I run into some horrible unsightly mess using git, when installed this way. IIRC you only have to do USE=-perl

[gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes: On 3 August 2013, at 04:03, Harry Putnam wrote: ... emerge -vp dev-vcs/git and come up with 194 pkgs that need to be installed. ... So I imagine I've done something thats causing that massive of a list of dependencies. I tried a few USE

[gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Wang Xuerui idontknw.w...@gmail.com writes: 2013/8/3 Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com: Hehe, alright, now we're talking that reduced dependancies to just 1 lonesome cpio. Now, is it reasonable to install that way? Will I run into some horrible unsightly mess using git, when installed

[gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Michael Orlitzky mich...@orlitzky.com writes: On 08/02/2013 08:22 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Now, is it reasonable to install that way? Will I run into some horrible unsightly mess using git, when installed this way. Without USE=perl, you'll get a surprise if you try to `git add -i`.

[gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 03/08/13 04:50, Harry Putnam wrote: [...] So, anyway, thinking I'll go with USE=-blksha1 -gpg -iconv -pcre -threads -webdav -cgi -cvs -doc -emacs -gnome-keyring -gtk -highlight -nls -ppcsha1 -subversion -test -tk -xinetd emerge -v dev-vcs/git Unless I hear something that would

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 08/02/2013 09:38 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Michael Orlitzky mich...@orlitzky.com writes: On 08/02/2013 08:22 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Now, is it reasonable to install that way? Will I run into some horrible unsightly mess using git, when installed this way. Without USE=perl, you'll get

[gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com writes: [...] Unless I hear something that would indicate it will be too crippled even for the usage I plan. You should of course put those USE flags in /etc/portage/package.use instead of setting them in the command-line, otherwise they won't be

[gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 03/08/13 06:20, Harry Putnam wrote: Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com writes: [...] Unless I hear something that would indicate it will be too crippled even for the usage I plan. You should of course put those USE flags in /etc/portage/package.use instead of setting them in the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/08/13 06:20, Harry Putnam wrote: Nikos Chantziaras rea...@gmail.com writes: [...] Unless I hear something that would indicate it will be too crippled even for the usage I plan. You should of course put those

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 14:18:28 -0500, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: acero ~ # du -sh /usr/share/doc 2.5G /usr/share/doc You will save much more space by using USE=-doc (or perhaps even adding /usr/share/doc to INSTALL_MASK), than by removing potentially useful functionality. USE=-doc will

[gentoo-user] Re: Do I really need 194 pkgs to install git?

2013-08-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 03/08/13 06:03, Harry Putnam wrote: No doubt suffering from overdose of pilot error here but on a new (in progress) install of gentoo as guest in vbox. I ran the command emerge -vp dev-vcs/git and come up with 194 pkgs that need to be installed. Try disabling all flags and see where that