Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage2 super USE flag suggestin

["David Mallwitz" <dave@dmallwitz.net>]

Perhaps an easier solution would be to have more make.defaults for the
user to choose from. i.e...
make.defaults.server =
USE=" berkdb crypt cups encode gdbm ipv6 java libg++ libwww mikmod ncurses
nlspam pdflib python qtmt readline slang spell ssl tcpd xml2 "
make.defaults.workstation-full =
USE="apm arts avi berkdb crypt encode gdbm gif gpm gtk imlib
java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mikmod motif  mpeg ncurses nls
oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib png python qt qtmt quicktime readline sdl
slang spell ssl svga tcpd truetype X xml2 xmms xv"

and some various subsets of the workstation profile...
make.defaults.workstation-minimal
make.defaults.workstation-gnome
make.defaults.workstation-kde
etc

This is just off the top of my head, not well researched.

Dave


Craig Joly said:
> A complaint that I've seen in the comments section of every single
> Gentoo review is "I tried to emerge VIM on my server and it wants to
> install X.  Gentoo sucks!"  or something along those lines.  At first,
> the answer seems obvious:
> USE="-X" emerge vim
> It doesn't work, unless you happen to have the rest of your USE flags
> set exactly right.  When you look at the dependancies in the ebuild,
> you find that it also can depend on gtk.  All right:
> USE="-X -gtk" emerge vim
> Still wants to install X.  Now, we start digging.  And discover that
> python is causing the problem because it can depend on tcltk, which
> depends on X.
> USE="-X -gtk -tcltk" emerge vim
> This should work in all cases.  As far as I can tell.
> Same problem with nethack and a few other programs.  It's not a big
> deal for those of us who are willing to dig through all of the ebuilds
> looking for a stray dependency, just a pain in the ass, but it really
> sucks for new users who just want to set up a server.
>
> A possible solution: super USE flags, for want of a better name.
> Something along the lines of USE="noX", where
> noX=-X -gtk -gtk2 -qt -qtmt -tcltk -fltk -gnome -gnome-libs -kde
> -bonobo -xv -dga (any other toolkits, etc) nodb=-postgres -mysql
> -berkdb -gdbm -innodb (any other databases)
> nosound=-als -oss -esd -arts -oggvorbis (any other sound stuff)
> nofb=-directfb fbcon
> noscript=-perl -python -ruby -tcltk -guile
>
> I think you get the idea.  That way, if you want to guarantee
> installing vim without X support:
> USE="noX" emerge vim
>
> What do you guys think.
>
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