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From: Indi <thebeelzebubtrigger@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Do we have to build gcc with fortran now?
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:25:21 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110622132521.GA1771@gaurahari.merseine.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E01CF99.1070109@gmail.com>

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 06:18:49AM -0500, Dale wrote:
> 
> To think people wonder why my USE line is so big.  I keep having to add 
> stuff when portage pukes but portage never tells me when one has fell 
> off the reservation and needs to be removed. < sighs >  Over the years, 
> it adds up.
> 

I'm a bit surprised more people here haven't embraced package.use.
It really allows for a high degree of fine tuning, and without it 
the system would be horribly bloated like most other linux distros.
In fact, USE flags are (IMO) what sets gentoo apart and it's one of 
the the main reasons I switched to gentoo from FreeBSD for my main 
systems...

The first time I tried gentoo ithough I was utterly defeated by my 
lack of understanding of USE flags. Then I read the handbook and it 
all came together like magic. :)

IMO the USE line in make.conf really should only contain the universal 
stuff you can't live without, specifying everything else on a per
package basis is what makes it possible to run a system which is at once
full-featured and lean.

As with everything in life, YMMV.
:)

-- 
caveat utilitor 
♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ 




  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-06-22 13:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 168+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-22  3:55 [gentoo-user] Do we have to build gcc with fortran now? Dale
2011-06-22  4:31 ` Matthew Finkel
2011-06-22  5:25   ` justin
2011-06-22  5:46     ` justin
2011-06-22  6:29       ` Thanasis
2011-06-22  6:33         ` justin
2011-06-22  7:13           ` justin
2011-06-22 22:11             ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2011-06-22 22:36               ` Dale
2011-06-22 23:05               ` justin
2011-06-22  7:41           ` [gentoo-user] " Thanasis
2011-06-22  7:32         ` Matthew Finkel
2011-06-22  8:20           ` Thanasis
2011-06-22  6:03 ` Thanasis
2011-06-22  6:24 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 11:18   ` Dale
2011-06-22 13:12     ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 13:27       ` Dale
2011-06-22 14:13         ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 15:29           ` Dale
2011-06-24  0:01           ` Walter Dnes
2011-06-24  0:14             ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-24 11:56               ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-06-24 12:42                 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-24 22:10                 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 14:47         ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 15:40           ` Dale
2011-06-22 15:54             ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 16:18               ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 17:46                 ` Dale
2011-06-23 21:27                   ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 21:57                     ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 23:04                       ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-24 12:02                       ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-06-24 12:40                         ` William Kenworthy
2011-06-24 22:08                         ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 13:19     ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 13:33       ` Dale
2011-06-22 14:14         ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 14:24         ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 15:35           ` Dale
2011-06-22 16:11             ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 16:23               ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-23 21:43                 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 22:16                   ` Dale
2011-06-24  5:04                     ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-24 10:18                       ` Dale
2011-06-24 19:18                       ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-06-24 19:49                         ` David W Noon
2011-06-24 20:00                         ` Dale
2011-06-24 20:25                           ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-06-24 20:52                             ` Dale
2011-06-24 22:20                               ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-25  3:29                                 ` Dale
2011-06-25 11:48                                   ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-25 12:04                                     ` Dale
2011-06-25 12:46                                       ` justin
2011-06-25 13:58                                         ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-25 19:12                                           ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-06-26 14:19                                             ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-26 15:28                                             ` Dale
2011-06-26 19:34                                               ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-06-26 20:01                                                 ` Dale
2011-06-26 20:46                                                   ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-06-27  3:38                                                   ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-26 10:45                                           ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-06-26 14:21                                             ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-25 19:10                                         ` [gentoo-user] " Alan McKinnon
2011-06-25 19:45                                           ` Dale
2011-06-25 21:34                                             ` Mick
2011-06-26  2:24                                             ` William Kenworthy
2011-06-26  9:27                                               ` Dale
2011-06-26  2:24                                       ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-26  9:25                                         ` Dale
2011-06-25  6:08                         ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 16:58               ` Dale
2011-06-22 17:36                 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-06-22 18:13                   ` Dale
2011-06-22 20:15                     ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-22 21:30                       ` Dale
2011-06-22 22:44                         ` Indi
2011-06-22 22:55                           ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23  0:12                             ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 12:08                               ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-23 19:10                                 ` Dale
2011-06-23 19:30                                   ` Indi
2011-06-23 19:56                               ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 12:06                           ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-23 13:09                             ` Indi
2011-06-23 19:54                               ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 21:47                                 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 22:41                                   ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 23:08                                     ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-24 13:16                                     ` Indi
2011-06-23 17:23                   ` [gentoo-user] [OT] " pk
2011-06-23 18:16                     ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 19:43                       ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 20:04                         ` Robin Atwood
2011-06-23 20:15                           ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-24  8:52                         ` pk
2011-06-24  9:31                           ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-24 13:14                             ` pk
2011-06-24 22:17                               ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 23:43                       ` Walter Dnes
2011-06-24 21:29                       ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2011-06-23 21:51                     ` [gentoo-user] " Peter Humphrey
2011-06-22 17:23               ` [gentoo-user] " Todd Goodman
2011-06-22 18:15                 ` Dale
2011-06-22 18:35                   ` Dale
2011-06-22 20:33                     ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-22 21:34                       ` Dale
2011-06-22 22:56                         ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23  5:03                           ` Dale
2011-06-23  9:02                             ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 10:49                               ` Dale
2011-06-23 12:09                                 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 19:14                                   ` Dale
2011-06-23 19:45                                   ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 20:35                                     ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 21:06                                       ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 21:52                                         ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-23 12:00                         ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-22 22:43                     ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-23  5:04                       ` Dale
2011-06-23 21:47                         ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-23 22:23                           ` Dale
2011-06-24  0:17                   ` Walter Dnes
2011-06-22 21:25               ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 22:31                 ` Dale
2011-06-22 23:12                   ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 16:52             ` pk
2011-06-22 22:39             ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-22 22:34         ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-23 22:15           ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-22 13:25     ` Indi [this message]
2011-06-23 22:18       ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-24  0:19         ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-22 13:29 ` [gentoo-user] " Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 14:25   ` Mick
2011-06-22 15:27     ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 15:50       ` Dale
2011-06-22 16:18         ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 18:10           ` Dale
2011-06-22 19:48             ` Matthew Finkel
2011-06-22 20:55               ` Dale
2011-06-22 21:28                 ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-22 22:20                   ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-23 12:05                     ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-23 12:51                       ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-22 22:35                   ` Dale
2011-06-23 22:30                     ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 22:48                       ` Alan McKinnon
2011-06-23 23:17                         ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 23:05                       ` Dale
2011-06-23 22:22         ` Peter Humphrey
2011-06-23 22:36           ` Dale
2011-06-23 22:57             ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-23 22:54           ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-24  0:31             ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-24 12:35               ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-24 22:16                 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-24 12:03             ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-24 12:45               ` Mike Edenfield
2011-06-24 13:38                 ` Todd Goodman
2011-06-24 15:43                   ` Mark Knecht
2011-06-24 22:14                     ` Neil Bothwick
2011-06-25  0:32                     ` Walter Dnes
2011-06-24 22:24               ` Neil Bothwick

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