[gentoo-user] Re: Another reason to begin USE with -*

2006-03-13 Thread Harry Putnam
Rick van Hattem [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Instead of ufed I'd recommend profuse, it has the same options as ufed and more. Really a great tool, very easy to use and gives you a clear list of what use flags you have enabled (I do prefer the ncurses profuse -n command above gtk) Wow, it

[gentoo-user] Re: Another reason to begin USE with -*

2006-03-12 Thread Francesco Talamona
On Sunday 12 March 2006 01:20, Walter Dnes wrote:   Why in (diety's) name does the the average user need apache2?  Or emboss (European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite)?  After the ipv6 fiasco, I began USE with -*, like so... I think we are seeing a misinterpretation/bug. Apache2 flag is

[gentoo-user] Re: Another reason to begin USE with -*

2006-03-12 Thread james
Walter Dnes waltdnes at waltdnes.org writes: The whole point behind -* is to prevent future surprises. Yesterday it was emboss and ipv6. Today it's apache2. What's next; and when? One reason I'm using Gentoo is because I want the maximum control over my machine that's possible without