On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 02:05:57AM -0500, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Then the flag is ambiguous - does it mean all docs or just "special" docs? I say the best way to go is to just make more ebuilds conform, perhaps add more documentation about the doc flag to the portage guide.
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.
Cheers, //zhen
-- John Davis Gentoo Linux Developer <http://dev.gentoo.org/~zhen>
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