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 1E1QWf-0000xO-5D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:23:53 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j76FLxIk022861; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 15:21:59 GMT Received: from mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.28]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j76FHvi5015375 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2005 15:17:58 GMT Received: (qmail 7879 invoked from network); 6 Aug 2005 15:18:58 -0000 Received: from dsl027-182-150.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO chi.speakeasy.net) (rmsand@[216.27.182.150]) (envelope-sender ) by mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 6 Aug 2005 15:18:57 -0000 Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 08:18:58 -0700 From: Bob Sanders To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Please confirm my understanding Message-ID: <20050806081858.64332e86@chi.speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <42F4153B.9090106@interlynx.net> References: <42F4153B.9090106@interlynx.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.4a (GTK+ 1.2.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7cd37dd6-16d5-4182-aeaf-1177fc657d6e X-Archives-Hash: 37006c9fa265276e1f043ece5951639a On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:41:15 -0400 "C.Beamer" wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Now for the question. I need confirmation of my understanding. In > the make.conf file when setting up the USE flags, I include anything > that I want to have compiled into the programs that I install, > correct? If I don't want an option to be compiled in all programs, I > prefix that with a - sign. If I want an option for a specific > package, I use the package.use file. > As Willie and Mark stated, I'll add a - sort of. > So, if I don't want to compile gnome, then I use -gnome as one of the > keywords. I don't use gnome, never have, never will, but there are > gnome applications that I like - gnumeric to name one, plus there are > a few gnome games. So, is it my best bet to include -gnome as a > keyword in my make.conf USE statement and the add it in the > package.use file for those applications that need it? > I'm pretty much with you on using gnumeric and not gnome. Same with kworldclock but not kde. And I started out using - -gnome and -kde. But have just stopped the practice. I just use -* at the beginning of my USE flags and select all the things I do want. The problem with -* is it makes everything minimal so you have to spend a lot of time adding in the things you want. To me that's preferable to getting a lot of what I don't want tagging along. Also, it insure that PAM stays off my system. Bob - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list