On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:01:31 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: > > But that's exactly what it's for "merge this to pull in all > > non-developer, split kde-base/* packages". > > Not all -meta packages behave like that - eg. the gst-plugins-meta > package only pulls in, what's wanted (per USE flags).
As does kde-meta to an extent, in that USE flags are respected for the individual KDE builds. But the whole point of kde-meta is to install all of KDE, it recreates the functionality of the old monolithic ebuilds. > > If you want to pick and > > choose, emerge the packages you want, there's no need to add extra USE > > flags and another layer of complexity when the current system handles > > both all-in-one and selective installs just fine. > > Well, I disagree. I want to install almost all of the KDE stuff, > but eg. not the PPP things, as I've got not use for that on that system. > But I still would like my world file *NOT* to be cluttered with > a gazillion of kde packages. Put it in /etc/portage/profile/package.provided -- Neil Bothwick Anyone able to feel pain is trainable.
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