> -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Lewis Rebbeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:22 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Reconstructing a Gentoo Installer Computer > > On Wednesday, 31 May 2006 21:31, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: > > Hi folks: > > > > A few months back, I went through a phase where I built several > > computers via the gentoo installer disk, they work, but they are not as > > well optimized as I would like. I have successfully destroyed 5 of them > > trying to fix the use flags, so after that im to the point of asking for > > some help :) -- > > Too much optimisation can be a bad thing. > > > > > My IDS box is the next one on the list to be fixed. I would like to be > > able to rebuild the kernel for what I use it for - -No problem there -- > > that's simple. And I would like to take out all the unused use flags > > and replace them with a basic set - -this is where I have gotten into > > trouble before on the other systems -- I can edit them in make.conf so I > > have what I want - right now it looks like I will be using > > > > USE="apache2 dev/lang-php mysql -ipv6 -mmx -mp3 -nls -xmms -alsa -arts" > > What is dev/lang-php doing in there? If your intention is for the mysql > USE > flag to only apply to dev/lang-php then put the line 'dev-lang/php mysql' > into /etc/portage/package.use > > Also mmx is not a default USE flag, specifically disabling it is > redundant. > > > > > Knowing that, once I edit make.conf, what do I need to do next to get > > stuff re-compiled etc? > > if you had looked at the emerge man page you'd have noticed the 'N' > argument. > > > > > Any other recommendation etc??? > > My recommendation is to not touch any USE flags that you don't understand. > The > defaults are usually perfectly fine unless you have a good reason to > disable > particular flags. > > I would also recommend that you go through and read all the portage > documentation. > > > > > Thanks > > > > TIM > > > > > > Timothy A. Holmes > > IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher > > > > Medina Christian Academy > > A Higher Standard... > > > > Jeremiah 33:3 > > Jeremiah 29:11 > > Esther 4:14 > > -- > Raymond Lewis Rebbeck > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[Timothy A. Holmes] Raymond - the dev-lang/php use flag is there to pull in the PHP stuff as BASE requires it. The -mmx and several of the others are there to keep conky from pulling in a bunch of stuff as well that it does not need Thanks TIM Timothy A. Holmes IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher Medina Christian Academy A Higher Standard... Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah 29:11 Esther 4:14 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
