Andrew Savchenko <bircoph <at> gentoo.org> writes:
> Profile do all the stuff that can be done or overridden > in /etc/portage, but they define some sane "default" sets of > settings for common profiles. > USE="-*" will override all USE settings in your profile. As you were > already warned, this may break stuff: e.g. expected > functionality will not be available or package will refuse to build > if it needs at least one of USE flags set (e.g. alternative foo > providers). So you must test things very carefully with USE="-*". yes, of coarse. > A set of default packages is defined in the "packages" file of each > profile. Profiles usually have "parent" file which lists parent > profiles: they are inherited, but may be overridden here and there > in a child profile. Yes. This is why I was looking for a 'tool' or script that would allow me to easily browse the default package listings for the different arch types with a default profile. In fact, I bet I can trim out even more packages, or figure what what I need to add back in after "-*" on a given chipset/arch_family. > If you want an absolutely minimal system, after you have set it up > you may remove some packages even from the <at> system set. E.g. if > you're sure you don't need man or ssh, remove corresponding > packages. Just be careful here since it is easy to brick your > system here. Yes, I keep old boxes around just to burn a bit and re_install (x86 first). I bet you have done this before. recently on amd64 or arm64? > Best regards, > Andrew Savchenko TIA, James
