Re: [gentoo-user] 'system' packages list; svscan & inittab

2003-12-24 Thread Spider
begin quote On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 03:20:11 +0200 Alex Efros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > without prob, but all software with optional XFree support will be > compiled without it. > Ohh, sorry!!! I've just rechecked /etc/make.profile/packages and > noticed > what there is no 'star' at line '>=x

Re: [gentoo-user] 'system' packages list; svscan & inittab

2003-12-24 Thread Alex Efros
Hi! On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 01:29:16AM +0100, Spider wrote: > > Some other software which may be removed from 'system' is: > > 1) gawk - there is a lot of different 'awk' realizations which user > > may want instead of gawk (I prefer 'mawk') > This may not be direct in system, check virtuals/ sup

Re: [gentoo-user] 'system' packages list; svscan & inittab

2003-12-24 Thread Spider
begin quote On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:26:13 +0200 Alex Efros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some other software which may be removed from 'system' is: > 1) gawk - there is a lot of different 'awk' realizations which user > may want instead of gawk (I prefer 'mawk') This may not be direct in system, c

Re: [gentoo-user] 'system' packages list; svscan & inittab

2003-12-24 Thread Alex Efros
Hi! On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 05:59:01PM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:11:40 +0200 Alex Efros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | 1. Why there is so many packages in 'system' list? Why not make > | 'system' > |list much smaller (like in LinuxFromScratch)? Is there exists >

Re: [gentoo-user] 'system' packages list; svscan & inittab

2003-12-24 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:11:40 +0200 Alex Efros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | 1. Why there is so many packages in 'system' list? Why not make | 'system' |list much smaller (like in LinuxFromScratch)? Is there exists |documentation which describe reason to include all these packages |in'sys

[gentoo-user] 'system' packages list; svscan & inittab

2003-12-24 Thread Alex Efros
Hi! I've used for about 2.5 years my own linux distribution based on ideas from LinuxFromScratch, so I'm not a newbie in this area. At this time I'm interested in Gentoo because I've no more time to support my own distribution. I want to compile and configure Gentoo in the way I use for my distri