From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EDm19-0000v2-E4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:46:23 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j89GfJxl010137; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:41:19 GMT Received: from egr.msu.edu (jeeves.egr.msu.edu [35.9.37.127]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j89GcTMb030838 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:38:29 GMT Received: from [35.9.140.214] (laptop9wifi.dhcp.egr.msu.edu [35.9.140.214]) (authenticated bits=0) by egr.msu.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j89GgJf0015336 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 12:42:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4321BB60.90606@egr.msu.edu> Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:42:08 -0400 From: Alec Warner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 (X11/20050724) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE="minimal" for kernel sources References: <431C97C4.3070406@gentoo.org> <6fd8e3c0509081449160eefe6@mail.gmail.com> <20050908221409.GA6523@kroah.com> <4320B999.6020406@egr.msu.edu> <4321AC27.5080300@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <4321AC27.5080300@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id j89GfJ1M010137 X-Archives-Salt: 6e5add75-1405-44bd-bef4-c03d50c5a603 X-Archives-Hash: acdbe06eae9df9f68eabd9e064860d5c Petteri R=C3=A4ty wrote: >warnera6 wrote: > =20 > >>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. >> >> =20 >> > >Well this would not give the advantage of cutting down emerge times. Why >the script when you can just turn off the use flag? > > =20 > Because the USE flag itself doesn't produce stable output and shouldn't=20 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 fo= r >>>your built objects. >>> =20 >>> > >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 R=C3=A4ty (Betelgeuse) > > =20 > --=20 gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list