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

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Thursday 12 Dec 2013 10:01:20 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 Dec 2013 21:04:00 Mick wrote:
> > Let me get this right, if I set 'kde-base/kdeutils-meta -cups' I will
> > still be able to print from kde applications?
> 
> Here, the K menu item "Manage Printing" opens a CUPS web page, specifically
> localhost:631. It's a bog-standard CUPS interface, with no need of KDE
> complications. There's no printer entry in system settings. I often print a
> spreadsheet from LibreOffice without problems.
> 
> So yes, other things being equal, you will. In any case, why not try it and
> see? You can revert easily enough if you hit a problem.

Thank you Alan and Peter for your advice, 

I rebuilt kde-utils meta with USE="-cups" to find out that umpteen packages 
want to be depcleaned:

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>>> These are the packages that would be unmerged:

 kde-base/print-manager
    selected: 4.11.2 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 kde-base/kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer
    selected: 4.10.5 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 app-admin/system-config-printer-gnome
    selected: 1.4.3 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 x11-libs/gtk+
    selected: 3.8.7 
   protected: none 
     omitted: 2.24.22 

 app-text/xmlto
    selected: 0.0.24-r1 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 app-admin/system-config-printer-common
    selected: 1.4.3 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 dev-python/pycurl
    selected: 7.19.0-r3 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 app-accessibility/at-spi2-atk
    selected: 2.8.1 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 dev-python/pycups
    selected: 1.9.63 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 dev-python/pygobject
    selected: 3.8.3 
   protected: none 
     omitted: 2.28.6-r55 

 gnome-base/gnome-common
    selected: 3.7.4 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

 app-accessibility/at-spi2-core
    selected: 2.8.0 
   protected: none 
     omitted: none 

All selected packages: app-text/xmlto-0.0.24-r1 app-admin/system-config-
printer-gnome-1.4.3 dev-python/pycurl-7.19.0-r3 gnome-base/gnome-common-3.7.4 
kde-base/print-manager-4.11.2 app-accessibility/at-spi2-atk-2.8.1 dev-
python/pygobject-3.8.3 app-admin/system-config-printer-common-1.4.3 dev-
python/pycups-1.9.63 app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.8.0 x11-libs/gtk+-3.8.7 
kde-base/kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer-4.10.5

>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.

Would you like to unmerge these packages? [Yes/No] 
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I may leave this until I have more time to look into it.
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Regards,
Mick

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