Re: [gentoo-dev] Vanilla behaviour in Gentoo Linux (long email)

[Terje Kvernes <terjekv@math.uio.no>]

Steven Elling <ellings@kcnet.com> writes:

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> I think the Gentoo team should consider giving the user a way of
> configuring packages to not install certain cron jobs upon install.
> For instance, I have a Tecra 8000 laptop that I use every once in a
> while.  After the laptop completes booting, I cannot use it for 30
> minutes to a hour because the makewhatis and updatedb (or slocate)
> cron jobs kick off after booting and drag the system to a crawl.

  first, slocate I/O shouldn't be able to bring your box to a crawl.
  secondly, you're free to kill the processes while they're running.
 
> And yes, I know I can just remove the cron jobs but by the time I'm
> done with the laptop I forget to remove them.  Also, the cron jobs
> will get installed again when their packages are upgraded.

  inject an ebuild with a version number high enough that you won't
  ever see it again.

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Terje

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