From: Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why is portage trying to pull in xorg when I don't use it...
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:32:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <442B6D59.30308@mid.email-server.info> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200603300017.k2U0HVq1031986@robin.gentoo.org>
Daevid Vincent wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Philip Webb [mailto:purslow@sympatico.ca]
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:07 PM
>> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why is portage trying to pull in
>> xorg when I don't use it...
>>
>> 060329 Daevid Vincent wrote:
>> > I have a VMWare that I use for LAMP development.
>> > I have never put Xorg on it nor do I ever want X windows on it.
>> > Recently, when I do an 'emerge -Davut world', I see this:
>> -- snip --
>> > [ebuild U ] www-client/links-2.1_pre20 [2.1_pre19] -X
>> -directfb -fbcon
>> > +gpm -javascript +jpeg -livecd +png +sdl +ssl -svga +tiff
>> -unicode 3,768 kB
>> -- snip --
>> > [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-207 -Xaw3d -doc -toolbar
>> +truetype -unicode
>> > 727 kB
>> > What is trying to bring in all those NEW x11 packages?
>> > How can I prevent this annoyance?
>>
>> It's clearer if you do 'emerge -etp links', which requires
>> all the GUI stuff
>
> OMG! 'links' pulls in _92_ package dependencies?! That's silly.
No, it's not silly. It's good.
> What confuses me even more now, is that AFAIK, "links" is (according to the
> man page) "lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser", so why then
> all the x11 dependencies and such. Shouldn't this thing, by definition, just
> work in console mode without all that extra crap?
No, it shouldn't. It should work with all the flags that you
set.
> I "solved" this by adding this to /etc/portage/package.use:
>
> www-client/links -X -directfb -fbcon gpm -javascript -jpeg -livecd -png -sdl
> ssl -svga -tiff -unicode
>
> But what seems silly to me is that why does this have jpeg, png, tiff
> support if it's in console mode?
No, that's not silly.
> Will "links" actually SHOW an image?
Yes, it will.
> I've
> NEVER seen it do that (on any other linux box, even with X support)
Fine - so, what?
Alexander Skwar
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-29 22:09 [gentoo-user] Why is portage trying to pull in xorg when I don't use it Daevid Vincent
2006-03-29 23:06 ` Philip Webb
2006-03-30 0:17 ` Daevid Vincent
2006-03-30 1:03 ` Ryan Tandy
2006-03-30 5:24 ` Kristian Poul Herkild
2006-03-30 5:32 ` Alexander Skwar [this message]
2006-03-29 23:59 ` Bo Andresen
2006-03-30 5:34 ` Alexander Skwar
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