On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 19:52:57 -0500
"Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 04:44:27PM +0000, Mick wrote
> 
> > [nomerge       ] net-im/pidgin-2.10.7-r5
> > [nomerge       ]  media-plugins/gst-plugins-gconf-0.10.31:0.10 
> > [ebuild     U  ]   gnome-base/gconf-3.2.6-r1:2 [2.32.4-r1:2] 
> 
> Out of sheer curiousity, what needs gnome-base/gconf?

The output tells you; pidgin needs gst-plugins-gconf, which needs gconf.

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