Rolleston wrote:
>> Rolleston wrote:
>
> Having control over your system, which is surely what Gentoo
> is about, is difficult unless one knows _exactly_ what portage
> is meant to do. Is there a complete formal specification of the
> portage system online, or is the code, erm, self-documenting?

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml#doc_chap3

Here's how I found it:
http://www.gentoo.org/
Select "Docs"
Select "Gentoo System Documentation"

> I just don't
> like the idea that the system is cluttered up with unused
> files and directories. It's the ugliness of it that I don't
> care for.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps with time you'll find that
there isn't half as many "unused" files and directories as you thought.

--
Ben M.