>> I try to run a minimal system in general so I added the minimal USE >> flag to /etc/make.conf. The only difference I've noticed so far is >> the lack of color in vim. Do you add minimal to /etc/make.conf and >> remove it as necessary in package.use or the other way around? > > I read somewhere, can't remember where exactly, that you should not > enable this flag globally, and I agree. The effect varies from one > package to another, it's not like jpeg, which has predictable and largely > consistent effects on all packages that use it. For example, with > server/client packages, it usually disables building of the server part, > whereas you have already found it does something completely different > with vim. > > Check to see what it does on an individual package and then enable it in > package.use.
I've found the same thing. It does something different to just about every package. - Grant
