Roy Marples wrote:
> USE client server
> client - just build the client - duh
> server - just build the server - duh
> client and server OR neither then build both.
> 
> Other packages to possably beneift
> udhcp
> mldonkey
> samhain
> bacula
> boxbackup
> 
finger, telnet and ssh are probably other candidates. (though not too
many people set up boxes without a ssh server these days).

++ to this, I have always found it a little absurd having dhcpd
installed on my laptop just for dhclient.

George Shapovalov wrote:
> Of course this multiplies the number of packages to support, if such 
> situation 
> is common. However the solution you describe can be considered "clean" only 
> after #2272 is finally resolved..
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2272
I doubt whether any devs would argue against USE based dependencies.
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