When I emerge system, there are a few packages that are installed that really do not need to be installed. For instance, I am on a home network, and I use a static IP. I do not need dhcpcd. However, if I remove it after emerging system, the next time I update my system with emerge --update world, it will attempt to reinstall dhcpcd. I do not want to mask it, as it does not cause my system to crash. Emerge system should only emerge the most basic components, such as baselayout, etc. Even gcc might not be required, as some people might want to install from GRP. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge system Actual Results: Installs unnecessary software Expected Results: Install basic software
you can create your own custom profile without the stuff in it and then point your /etc/make.profile to it. With cascading profiles this should get even easier soon.
