[gentoo-dev] XFree on server?

[gentoo-dev] XFree on server?

[Dhruba Bandopadhyay]

Hello,

So far all was well.  Recently, xfree suddenly became a dependency that
was drawn in through updates.  I'm using -r15 of portage on x86 stable.

$ emerge -Duvp world
[ebuild     U ] sys-libs/zlib-1.1.4-r2 [1.1.4-r1]
[ebuild     U ] sys-libs/lib-compat-1.3 [1.2]
[ebuild     U ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.3-r2 [5.3-r1] -debug
[ebuild     U ] sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.6-r6 [2.14.90.0.6-r2] -nls
-bootstrap -build
[ebuild     U ] dev-db/mysql-4.0.14-r2 [4.0.13-r4] -static +readline
+innodb +berkdb +tcpd +ssl +perl -debug
[ebuild  N    ] media-libs/libgd-2.0.15-r1  -X +gif
[ebuild     U ] net-libs/c-client-2002d-r1 [2002d] +ssl -pic
[ebuild     U ] sys-devel/distcc-2.11.1 [2.9] -gnome -gtk -selinux
[ebuild     U ] app-misc/figlet-221 [22-r1]
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/findutils-4.1.7-r5 [4.1.7-r4] -nls -build -afs
[ebuild     U ] dev-php/mod_php-4.3.3-r3 [4.3.3-r2] +apache2 -X +crypt
+curl -firebird -flash -freetds +gd +gd-external -gdbm +imap -informix
-ipv6 +java +jpeg -ldap -mcal -memlimit +mysql -nls -oci8 -odbc +pam
+pdflib +png -postgres -qt -snmp +spell +ssl +tiff +truetype +xml2 +berkdb
[ebuild     U ] dev-util/dialog-0.9_beta20031002 [0.9_beta20030308-r1]
[ebuild     U ] dev-util/ccache-2.3 [2.2]
[ebuild     U ] app-misc/gallery-1.4_p2 [1.4_p1]
[ebuild     U ] net-misc/dhcp-3.0_p2-r2 [3.0_p2] -static
[ebuild  N    ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.1
[ebuild     U ] app-arch/unzip-5.50-r2 [5.50-r1]
[ebuild  N    ] x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r3  -3dfx -sse -mmx -3dnow +xml2
+truetype -nls -cjk -doc -ipv6 -debug -static +pam -sdk -gatos
[ebuild  N    ] dev-perl/perl-tk-800.024-r2
[ebuild  N    ] dev-perl/Tk-TableMatrix-1.01
[ebuild     U ] app-misc/screen-3.9.15-r1 [3.9.15] +pam


What can I do to get rid of xfree?  The gentoo-user mailing list had this
problem but for that user syncing solved it.  In our case this hasn't
worked.  Is there a misconfigured ebuild somewhere?

Much appreciated.
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Dhruba Bandopadhyay | dhruba.AT.codewordt.co.uk
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Re: [gentoo-dev] XFree on server?

[Dhruba Bandopadhyay]

<quote who="Dhruba Bandopadhyay">
> Hello,
>
> So far all was well.  Recently, xfree suddenly became a dependency that
> was drawn in through updates.  I'm using -r15 of portage on x86 stable.

Further to my last email, even doing:

$ USE="-*" emerge -Duvp world

results in exactly the same packages being pulled in including xfree.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] XFree on server?

[Thomas de Grenier de Latour]

What I usually do in that kind of situation is to mask the package
I don't want, and retry. Then emerge tell me what is depending on it,
and I check if some use flags can solve the problem, or I also mask this
second package, etc., until I find what I can unmerge or which use flag
to change to solve the issue.

 % mkdir -p /etc/portage    (in case you don't have one already)
 % echo "x11-base/xfree" >> /etc/portage/package.mask
 % emerge -Duvp world

You should get this error message:

!!! all ebuilds that could satisfy "virtual/x11" have been masked.
!!!    (dependency required by "xxxxx/yyyy-1.2.3" [ebuild])

It will be a good starting point to track the issue up to its origin.


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Re: [gentoo-dev] XFree on server?

[Paul de Vrieze]

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On Wednesday 29 October 2003 11:19, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:
> Hello,
>
> So far all was well.  Recently, xfree suddenly became a dependency
> that was drawn in through updates.  I'm using -r15 of portage on x86
> stable.
>
> $ emerge -Duvp world
> [ebuild  N    ] x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r3  -3dfx -sse -mmx -3dnow +xml2
> +truetype -nls -cjk -doc -ipv6 -debug -static +pam -sdk -gatos
> [ebuild  N    ] dev-perl/perl-tk-800.024-r2
> [ebuild  N    ] dev-perl/Tk-TableMatrix-1.01
> [ebuild     U ] app-misc/screen-3.9.15-r1 [3.9.15] +pam

You only need to look to those below xfree. In this case perl-tk is the 
culprit as it pulls in xfree. However I cannot find where Tk-TableMatrix 
(which pulls in perl-tk) comes from. screen certainly does not depend on 
it.

> What can I do to get rid of xfree?  The gentoo-user mailing list had
> this problem but for that user syncing solved it.  In our case this
> hasn't worked.  Is there a misconfigured ebuild somewhere?

Paul

ps. Try "emerge regen", it seems that your dependency cache might be 
corrupted.

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Gentoo Developer
Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org
Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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