If you don't want to bother compiling any sound on your system, then add "-alsa -arts -esd" to your use flags. It's more than likely one of your packages found in the update --deep had the alsa tagged on itself by default, which requires an override described above either in /etc/make.conf or just on the command line.
On 5/18/05, Trey Gruel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it's probably being brought down as a dependancy of something else > (because of the --deep). imho, you should always look at what is > going to be installed before actually installing it with either > --pretend or --ask. > > the best way to see what is causing it to be installed is to run > 'emerge -uDptv world' (aka --update --deep --pretend --tree > --verbose). this will show you a 'tree' of dependancies. also, the > -v causes emerge to show the use flags used by a package, which can > influence what it depends on. > > -- > trey > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
