[gentoo-user] lm_sensors: dependency problem...

[Jarry <mr.jarry@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I'm trying to install lm_sensors using gentoo-wiki, but I came
accros some dependency problem:
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# emerge --pretend lm_sensors
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ] sys-fs/sysfsutils-2.1.0
[ebuild  N    ] x11-misc/read-edid-1.4.2
[ebuild  N    ] sys-apps/lm_sensors-2.10.7  USE="-sensord"
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What is that x11-misc/read-edid good for? I do not want to pull
the whole x11 stuff with it, as this is a server with no graphics.

Next, I want to use sensord for monitoring, so I modified
package.use and tried it once more:
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# echo "sys-apps/lm_sensors sensord" >> /etc/portage/package.use
# emerge --pretend lm_sensors
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!

emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy 
">=x11-libs/cairo-1.4.6[svg]".
!!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request:
- x11-libs/cairo-1.8.6-r1 (Change USE: +svg)
(dependency required by "net-analyzer/rrdtool-1.3.8" [ebuild])
(dependency required by "sys-apps/lm_sensors-2.10.7" [ebuild])
(dependency required by "lm_sensors" [argument])
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Now I do not understand it at all. Why rrdtool? All I want
to use sensord for is to have some status messages recorded
to syslog. Why should I install that x11-libs/cairo graphics
library and rrdtool stuff???

Jarry

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