On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 04:58:57PM -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote > Walter Dnes wrote: > > Why in (diety's) name does the the average user need apache2? Or > >emboss (European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite)? After the > >"ipv6" fiasco, I began USE with "-*", like so... > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/143049
I know; I was in on that thread. As another participant pointed out, fetchmail has long delays when compiled with ipv6 support, on an ipv4-only machine. Probably it does an ipv6 lookup, waits for the timeout, then falls back to ipv4. Since I use fetchmail, that is more than a hypothetical consideration for me. The whole point behind "-*" is to prevent future "surprises". Yesterday it was emboss and ipv6. Today it's apache2. What's next; and when? One reason I'm using Gentoo is because I want the maximum control over my machine that's possible without going to LFS. Starting USE with "-*" is part of my strategy for maintaining control. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
