On Wednesday 30 April 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wednesday 30 April 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > USE="doc" adds extra documentation, usually API information > > for programmers, which is why it is rarely needed globally. The > > doc flag increases the dependencies of some packages, sometimes > > massively. > > Thanks Neil, thanks a lot for mentioning that. Now I have > horrifying images burned into my brain of doxygen, openjade, SGML > and DTDs lumbering out of holes in the ground and slithering > towards me, zombie-like, hell bent on devouring me whole and > consigning my soul to oblivion. > > "USE=doc" is truly the stuff of which nightmares are made.
It isn't all that bad. I have "doc" enabled globally. Yes, some packages take a while longer - but then, in most cases I want the documentation anyway. I haven't been haunted by this so far. ;-) > > /me lumbers off in search of mind-altering substances with > depressant side-effects.... Just watch TV for a while. Uwe -- Ignorance killed the cat, sir, curiosity was framed! -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
