Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] make modules_install error; modules not recognized as ELF files

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On 15/03/2013 23:23, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 09:33:16AM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote
>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:37:05 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>>
>>>   For anybody who's reading this thread... you *MUST* use the "tools"
>>> flag with kmod in order to get basic stuff like a man page, lsmod, etc.
>>
>> The tools flag is enabled by default in the kmod ebuild, so only those who
>> choose to deliberately break their system with USE="-*" so they can spend
>> time fixing it will be affected.
> 
>   I did try installing on that netbook without "-*" in USE.  Part way
> through the install, I already had more exclusion statements in
> package.use, than I have inclusion statements in a full install with
> "-*".  It's a tradeoff, and I'm willing to do the extra work.  On an old
> Atom netbook, I want to avoid running unnecessary stuff.  Let's just say
> that optimised Gentoo is way faster on the netbook than the Windows
> Vista that it came with.
> 


I don't understand this thing with USE="-*"

Heard all arguments, don't buy it, don't wanna go there, wanna make
suggestion:

Have you tried using the existing tools that are already in portage,
i.e. the profiles?

Find a leaner profile that more suits your needs like Neil suggested
(maybe default of desktop's parent), then extend and override it to suit
what you want? With a custom profile you can install it everywhere
without carrying around a package.use. I can only imagine what your
package.use looks like (massive) and honestly, I doubt you gain very
much in any realistic sense from individually setting every possible
flag...


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Alan McKinnon
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