On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 17:41 -0600, Dale wrote: > Should I be turning some of those off as they are not needed? This > is > my oldest install so I bet some are not even needed or can be done > away > with. I most likely had a good reason for turning them on way back > when > but may not have a good reason now. > > Dale
I think you go down the wrong path when you ask someone else what USE flags *you* need. We don't know you and your requirements/preferences enough to know what is needed for you. It's like going up to a random person and asking them if you should have your kitchen repainted and if so what color. That rarely happens but for kitchens but confusingly enough it's frequent for USE flags. Also, "emerge --info |grep USE" isn't very USEful (IMO) because it only shows what USE flags you have turned on, not the ones you have turned off.
