On 11/12/2013 04:02, Bruce Hill wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:33:31PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> >>> mingdao@workstation ~ $ grep ruby /etc/portage/make.conf >>> RUBY_TARGETS="ruby20" >>> >>> Can't imagine you didn't know that. Ruby hater? :D >>> >> >> >> You could say that: >> >> $ grep -ir -C1 ruby /etc/portage >> /etc/portage/package.use/package.use- # I see no need for lvm thin >> volumes. And it needs thin-provisioning-tools >> /etc/portage/package.use/package.use: # which needs ruby. I do not want >> ruby. >> /etc/portage/package.use/package.use- sys-fs/lvm2 -thin >> >> >> >> But the real reason I don't have ruby is I don't have a use for it > > I detest python, also, but there's no way w/out it. >
I like python - the language was designed by a mathematician and it shows. Contrast with perl which was designed by a linguist, and that shows too. As you say you can't run Gentoo with portage without Python, that's one of the things you know for sure up front. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com