On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:49:35 +0100, Mick wrote:

> > What I'm saying is that you should have -doc in /etc/make.conf and
> > enable it on a per-package basis. The doc flag builds extra
> > documentation that general users don't need, man/info/html pages are
> > included by default (at least, that's how it is supposed to work, the
> > odd package, like ffmpeg, won't even include a man page without the
> > doc flag).  
> 
> The doc USE flag is disabled by default on my make.profile 
> (amd64/10.0/desktop), so although it won't need to be set as -doc in 
> /etc/make.conf, it will need to be set as doc in the packages that need
> it in /etc/portage/package.use.

I know it's disabled by default, but it seems like the OP has enabled it
globally.


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