Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

[Ryan Tandy <tarpman@gmail.com>]

Michael Crute wrote:
> USE="-* hardened pic ncurses ssl crypt berkdb tcpd pam perl python 
> readline"

Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be.  I have never used 
'tcpd' or 'berkdb' on any system I run, and 'perl' and 'python' are 
*much* more useful (IMO) as local flags (in package.use) than as global 
ones.  Even 'ssl' doesn't *have* to be there, especially in the global 
scope - 'www-client/links ssl' in package.use should be more than 
sufficient.  One flag missing from that line that I like to have is 
'bzip2' - tar just isn't quite the same without bz2 support. ;)

Also, be careful using the hardened flag without running the hardened 
profile.  The hardened profile masks out a couple of packages and flags 
that don't work so well on a hardened system.

BTW, the flags with underscores in them (kernel_linux, userland_GNU, 
elibc_glibc, video_cards_radeon and such) are known as USE_EXPAND or 
expanded USE flags.  VIDEO_CARDS and ALSA_CARDS are a couple you may be 
familiar with - when they're set in make.conf, emerge expands them 
automatically, so e.g. VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" gets expanded to 
USE="video_cards_radeon".  KERNEL, USERLAND, and ELIBC are there for the 
use of packages that work differently on different systems - 
Gentoo/FreeBSD, Gentoo/OSX, and such - and should *only* be set by your 
profile.

Hope I've helped. :)

Ryan
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