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 6D4A313877A for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:36:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 73B39E0954; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:36:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31C05E092E for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:36:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f181.google.com with SMTP id k48so270698wev.40 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:36:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tJl7uKYAg1iE8rl9ADYdXtjvucyrcpoOw4OaS46jv2w=; b=zr/xXjGW6VLe8v8s320Vsuun0meUgtVU+2j0tXuecXx/lcvhntsO+c7eMqePkMSFg6 /eolj/c6z0vX5liZUGMCioeW2N8W8kbctephFKBNVqHf5Wzq0dFsEKGMa+4nKaukKaG8 fXPncT8TQzS0lcrgJTaRpGX/o1FHkYn3OJuqfMpqtGTbqd7qF5zdY2ypWC3tkSkQCcsR TvLGF+RVpdwm9RsRrQ9LUruvOkhqWCPXVEHkJtp0K8Pca/2HmD4B61pm2NxZ1+W3H3f0 ygp/W32cGy152xS1wdeLe+z4aWCFeQ4SNEAei+oz+s9KzgrE6A4B3xRqJiSjrZfXt3qi 3wgA== X-Received: by 10.194.23.135 with SMTP id m7mr7592016wjf.2.1406669772871; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:36:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (105-237-190-183.access.mtnbusiness.co.za. [105.237.190.183]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ca8sm497847wjc.0.2014.07.29.14.36.11 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:36:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53D81398.6090301@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:35:20 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.7.0 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] USE flags handling References: <20140729201652.GA14289@waltdnes.org> In-Reply-To: <20140729201652.GA14289@waltdnes.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7c7cc686-11ad-40d6-b077-a7809963cbbd X-Archives-Hash: 6fb5afc1225411a510563094c103ae34 On 29/07/2014 22:16, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 09:34:04PM +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote >> Hello everyone. >> I just concurred my fear and jumped to installing gentoo! >> So far so good! >> Before installing on my laptop and desktop, I am trying on virtual box >> and the system is running Fluxbox very good.(default profile) >> Now I am thinking about managing USE flags. >> What if I disable everything in the make.conf ( I mean USE="-*" ) and >> gradually add the needed flags to package.use? >> I am not trying to have severe control, I just want to expand my knowledge! >> thanks. > > Here is a compromise. I started with USE="-*" Here's very good advice for the OP: Do not do this. Walter does it, and he finds it works for him. He's been doing it for years and nothing will persuade him to do it any other way. You should not do with USE what Walter does. Trust me, it will lead you down a path of immense pain that you do not have the tools to get out of, and when you ask here for help you will be told to take that -* out of USE. No offense Walter, but this is really bad advice to give someone brand new to Gentoo. He really is ill-equipped to deal with it, and USE="-*" is best left to those who fully understand exactly what they are getting themselves into. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com