Re: [gentoo-user] Something is pulling in gnome-base

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 11:47:41AM +0000, Mick wrote
> On Saturday 07 Dec 2013 11:27:50 Tom Wijsman wrote:
> > On Sat, 7 Dec 2013 11:03:00 +0000
> > 
> > Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > It used to be the case that setting -gnome globally would be
> > > sufficient, without having to manually mask packages.  I had
> > > gstreamer in pidgin to be able to get sound.  I'm guessing that I
> > > need gstreamer in pidgin to be able to set up a voice call in gtalk.
> > > 
> > > Is it the case that now one has to install gnome-base to be able to
> > > use gstreamer?
> > 
> > Seems so, you'll need to check with upstream or with the code for more
> > details; but it is just one small package though.
> 
> Sure, today it is just gnome-base, tomorrow I could end up *having*
> to install systemd or whatever RHL and their developers have deemed
> appropriate for your average desktop system.  I've masked the two
> you suggested for now.

  The GNOME people have now made dbus a hard-coded dependancy of the
latest gtk+.  systemd can't be far behind.  I've had dbus masked since
it arrived approximately the same time as HAL.  Here's what I get when
trying to update gtk+



[i660][waltdnes][~] emerge -pv --backtrack=0 gtk+

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-apps/dbus-1" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- sys-apps/dbus-1.6.18-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
- sys-apps/dbus-1.6.18::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
- sys-apps/dbus-1.6.16::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
- sys-apps/dbus-1.6.14::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
- sys-apps/dbus-1.6.12::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)

(dependency required by "app-accessibility/at-spi2-atk-2.8.1" [ebuild])
(dependency required by "x11-libs/gtk+-3.8.7[X]" [ebuild])
(dependency required by "gtk+" [argument])
For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications