Re: [gentoo-dev] USE="minimal" for kernel sources

[Alec Warner <warnera6@egr.msu.edu>]

Petteri Räty wrote:

>warnera6 wrote:
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>>IMHO it is, but not as a USE flag (it will never be stable enough
>>without upstream support) but I think many would find the functionality
>>useful in a script.  I know I would.  If it works most of the time and
>>saves space, there is no reason not trim things.  If it breaks, you
>>immediately revert to a normal build.
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>Well this would not give the advantage of cutting down emerge times. Why
>the script when you can just turn off the use flag?
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Because the USE flag itself doesn't produce stable output and shouldn't 
be in a stable tree, IMHO.  You can't mask use flags ~arch.

>>>Or, put the kernel source on a cd, and build off of it (putting the
>>>objects on your local disk.)  This lets you only use the local disk for
>>>your built objects.
>>>      
>>>
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>I can always maintain this in my overlay if I want to so that is no
>problem. I just thought this might be useful for other people too.
>
>Regards,
>Petteri Räty (Betelgeuse)
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