new gentoo install - USE variables

[Brian Kelsay]

> Brian Kelsay wrote:
> > I'm part way into my new gentoo install and I'm not sure of what I'm
doing.
> > I am inside the new Gentoo on the PC and I am in nano ready to set
compile
> > variables.   This is Gentoo 1.4 rc2 on a Pent. II 333 with a LX chipset
> > board (pre BX), 256MB Ram, 20GB HDD, ATI Rage Pro 2x AGP 8MB, 3Com 905
Nic
> > and a Creative ES137x sound card.   As you can see it's nothing fancy,
but a
> > spare box.   I want to try out some different window managers on this so
I
> > have included the gnome and kde specific flags and stuff for multimedia,
but
> > do I really need all this stuff in there?   If no, what do I really
need?
> >
> > Here is the USE line I have so far:
> >
> > USE="X gtk gnome -alsa acpi apm arts bonobo cdr crypt cups dvd encode
fbcon
> > gb gd gdbm gif gphoto2 gtkhtml imap imlib java jikes jpeg kde ldap
libgda
> > libwww mbox mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses oav odbc oggvorbis
opengl
> > pam pda perl png python qt quicktime readline samba sasl scanner sdl
slang
> > slp spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype usbxface xml xml2 xmms xv
zlib
> > x86"
> >
>
> Whoa, whoa, whoa! Stop the compiler! Before you go any further, 'emerge
> ufed' and then type 'ufed' at the command prompt. ufed is a ncurses-
> based use flag editor that automatically puts appropriate changes in
> make.conf. There are a ton of the options you've selected already set by
> default in make.defaults. By putting them in make.conf, you've gone
> overkill. ufed handles all that for you.
>
> Before you can emerge anything though, you do need to set your arch as
> indicated. Also, set something besides ibiblio as your default mirror.
> (Ibiblio is getting hammered.)
>

Here's another one, what do I need to set in the CFLAGS line?   I have
CFLAGS "-march=pentium2 -03 -pipe"