On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 16:14, Marius Mauch wrote: > On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:04:29 +0200 > Marius Mauch <genone@genone.de> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > what's the reason for dhcpcd being in the system profile > > (default-x86-1.4 at least, haven't checked the others)? If it's only > > because it might be used in /etc/conf.d/net I think it should be > > removed, as there are IMO many users who don't need/want dhcpcd on > > their systems. I know there are a lot of people using dhcp for their > > network config, but why should that impose it on people not using it > > (e.g. I only need it on one of my three boxes)? > > Of course if I miss something obvious here please correct me. > > Ok, it seems most people like dhcpcd being part of system. Then let me > ask another question: Is there a way to get rid of packages in system > that works with world upgrades without creating my own local profile? > Making my own profile probably isn't difficult, but it needs to be > maintained. And all I want is to get rid of 2 or 3 packages that I don't > need/want to be installed. > If there is no such way maybe it should be implemented, or is there a > reason not to do it? > The most permanent way I can think of, without updating stubs or injecting packages all the time, is to create a stub in your portage overlay that is a version way bigger, say dhcpcd-10.0 and then merge that ... Cheers, -- Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa