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 4.54) id 1FIEQh-0001d1-4G for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:27:27 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2C0QOpP021184; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:26:24 GMT Received: from mailout2.igs.net (mailout2.igs.net [216.58.97.88]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2C0KZ3p011096 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:20:35 GMT Received: from waltdnes.org (i216-58-63-174.cybersurf.com [216.58.63.174]) by mailout2.igs.net (Postfix) with SMTP id F082A47E91F for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:20:34 -0500 (EST) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:20:31 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:20:31 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Another reason to begin USE with "-*" Message-ID: <20060312002031.GA24906@waltdnes.org> References: <200603111724.33733@goldspace.net> <1142087934.6208.32.camel@io.moons.mynet> <200603111831.14931@goldspace.net> 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-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200603111831.14931@goldspace.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: ee339fbe-d955-472d-b7dc-b7b7b85c70c8 X-Archives-Hash: 1433bcdc2cb1bf8a039d30187032e643 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. -- Walter Dnes In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list