From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FC38r-0006GF-Pd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:11:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1MN9E70023915; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:09:14 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (whirlwind.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.76]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1MN0pTv001598 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:00:52 GMT Received: from orpheus (unknown [150.101.6.82]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8036130ABB for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:00:49 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why does wordpress require xterm? From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:30:43 +0930 Message-Id: <1140649243.20548.31.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 330cd4c0-861f-49ec-8ccb-58469f9e89e6 X-Archives-Hash: 872bb6f94c50d845fd2eff1dcb7bf9f6 On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 16:40 -0500, Lance Jacobs wrote: > I am trying to install wordpress on a machine that will become a server > in a rack in a datacenter, so it does not need (nor do I want) X11 on > it. Right now, emerge is happy: [snip] > If I try to install wordpress, it wants to bring xterm, and therefore > X11, with it: > > [gromit ~ #] emerge -uDptv wordpress hang on, that's "upgrading" wordpress, not installing it. Try either $ emerge -pvt wordpress or $ emerge -uDptv world without wordpress, to see just where the xterm dep is coming in... > These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: > Calculating dependencies ...done! > [ebuild N ] www-apps/wordpress-2.0.1 +vhosts 0 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-207 -Xaw3d -doc -toolbar +truetype -unicode 0 kB It appears xterm isn't a dep of wordpress, but emerge is just trying to install it anyway. If you're building a server, try setting your use flags to "-X -gnome -kde -qt -gtk" etc, and try again. > If I install wordpress without the -D option, any subsequent emerge with > the -D option then wants to pull in xterm and all of that other stuff. absolutely. Leaving out -D isn't a fix, just a workaround... > Looking at the wordpress ebuild file, I do not see any reason for it to > have a dependency on xterm. I'm probably missing something simple, but > I just don't see it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I didn't see it either. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best. -- P.J. O'Rourke -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list