From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92931198005 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:00:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5E611E068C; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:00:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f180.google.com (mail-we0-f180.google.com [74.125.82.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5C8CE055E for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:00:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f180.google.com with SMTP id k14so3536998wer.39 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:00:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hPTDZWtUtWn4WjXscKDMn6IF4mF+wjjsxy5JjnohXnQ=; b=JcTQYSDgSVwQNKZQjrj1ELwEtrXLTlIZ29TKl0iz6cgjW2fVDLhmw98FZH+VeUrNEj yV8gAyf4crzTwa+odN4Q61wmVt6qFnAINdjfVrw3ptvp63QbwAfGsz/tRUFWkfJXFsJc tXDrOVJmhjzIHmhYa+YPaHexjaaBiHjj1FFMkonwRgpEDT0394d6lbZhYzj8FW0XyQ35 0VYuHczac3NkQC7F+bZWhXb+JW9IYQvpNvMeUg1QiGHkaOrT8JDHozOMf6+hPQn0CVmk 3W04ZHZoKAY/kVJYax3ihaF/ukzI4eBrnhbYZ4X0x7MYHN+5xn+tRLqJrFe6YaPrx/Hi dnXQ== X-Received: by 10.180.72.148 with SMTP id d20mr5154759wiv.31.1363384808470; Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:00:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-215-205-209.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.205.209]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fx5sm427125wib.11.2013.03.15.15.00.06 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:00:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51439968.9070503@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:58:00 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130309 Thunderbird/17.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] make modules_install error; modules not recognized as ELF files References: <20130314024734.GA8032@waltdnes.org> <20130314211431.GA9547@waltdnes.org> <20130315070701.GA5737@waltdnes.org> <20130315073705.GA5883@waltdnes.org> <20130315093316.25cb77f6@digimed.co.uk> <20130315212345.GA7459@waltdnes.org> In-Reply-To: <20130315212345.GA7459@waltdnes.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: dfe5d76d-b2d2-4b95-902b-857f3d97e7f0 X-Archives-Hash: 41806c5598d44b8c7d2cb18d73c431cb 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... -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com