[gentoo-user] Another reason to begin USE with "-*"

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 06:31:14PM +0300, Andrew Gaydenko wrote
> Thanks! It helped. 2006.0 default USE list has 'apache2' flag on,
> and 'subversion' package has this USE flag.

  I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
There it is in...
/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.0/make.defaults

USE="alsa apache2 apm arts avi cups eds emboss encode esd foomaticdb
gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad
mikmod motif mp3 mpeg nptl ogg opengl oss pdflib png qt quicktime sdl
spell truetype udev vorbis X xml xmms xv"

  Why in (diety's) name does the the average user need apache2?  Or
emboss (European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite)?  After the
"ipv6" fiasco, I began USE with "-*", like so...

> USE="-* 3dnow X a52 aac alsa bzip2 cdr dga dio divx4linux dri dvd dvdr dvdread encode exif ffmpeg flac fortran gb gif gtk2 imlib jpeg maildir mikmod mime mmap mmx mng mp3 mpeg ncurses nptl nptlonly nsplugin offensive ogg opengl plotutils png posix quicktime readline sdl sharedmem slang sockets sse theora threads tiff truetype vcd vorbis win32codecs wmf xpm xv zlib"

  I feel that my decision was correct.

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