On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 02:05:57AM -0500, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Drake Wyrm wrote: > >Just had an idea for a new USE flag. As a companion to the 'doc' USE flag > >(which installs extra documentation), how about a USE flag which inhibits > >/any/ documentation. This would be highly handy for trimming down a system > >such as a server or router which will never have a warm body sitting in > >front of it after everything is installed and configured. What say ye? > > > Why not put -doc in USE? If the ebuild is specifying docs to install > using the doc USE, doing the above will negate that effect. All that > needs to be done is make more ebuilds conform to it.
Because nearly every ebuild, even those which USE doc, installs the
normal documentation (e.g. manpages, texinfo, </usr/share/doc/${PVR}/*>)
even with USE=-doc. USE=doc results in *extra* goodies.
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