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

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On 13/12/2013 09:04, Mick wrote:
> 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:
> 
> ==================================================
>>>> 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] 
> ==================================================
> 
> I may leave this until I have more time to look into it.
> 

I wouldn't worry about that, it all looks legit to me. KDE's print
manager uses the gnome print infrastructure nd seems to hook into cups'
web interface.

All those packages are related to that in some way, and most importantly
you have no other packages that use them.

Only two seem worth looking deeper into:

kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer: you only need this if you use KDE's desktop
search with strigi and nepomuk. It's a plugin to search picture files

gtk+: do you use gtk apps at all? If not, this is safe to remove. You
won't have wholesale breakage if you remove it and it actually is
needed, it can be merged back in quickly.

Everything else is helper libs and utility functions which come and go
depending on your deps anyway




-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com