From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-dev-return-6025-arch-gentoo-dev=gentoo.org@gentoo.org> Received: (qmail 17562 invoked by uid 1002); 24 Aug 2003 22:16:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev-subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 18524 invoked from network); 24 Aug 2003 22:16:16 -0000 From: Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-tcA7XiuTs3I0rirI+KFW" Message-Id: <1061763144.16846.23.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:12:51 -0400 Subject: [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-dev] reason for dhcpcd in system profile ?] X-Archives-Salt: 3b59f309-846e-4787-a490-5a4b5eda27ed X-Archives-Hash: d8f9377a15d0eaa95c06892ef30ff0fd --=-tcA7XiuTs3I0rirI+KFW Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oops. Let's try again. -g2boojum- > > 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? >=20 > What I've done in the past is make my own /etc/make.profile directory > that contains a fixed "packages" file along with symlinks to the files > in the default profile directory. >=20 > I still favor having a minimal default system with a "posix", or > "standard unix", or "lsb", or whatever metapackage that the user can > install. >=20 > Best, > g2boojum --=20 Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@gentoo.org> --=-tcA7XiuTs3I0rirI+KFW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/SThIptxxUuD2W3YRAm8xAJ9nwqPUDkOEDotbKWC76Fn5DqG+2ACeKyRP 9WBXHLJUtWLGhGLo1HZybes= =NVjq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-tcA7XiuTs3I0rirI+KFW--