On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:30:52 -0500, Ernie Schroder wrote: > Calculating world dependencies ...done! > [nomerge ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.8.10 > [nomerge ] media-libs/gst-plugins-0.8.10 +alsa -debug +esd +oss > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gconf-2.10.1-r1 -debug -doc -static 0 kB > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/orbit-2.12.3 -debug -doc +ssl -static 0 > kB [nomerge ] x11-misc/xscreensaver-4.23 -gnome -insecure-savers > +jpeg -kerberos -krb4 -new-login +nls -offensive +opengl +pam -xinerama > [ebuild N ] gnome-base/libglade-2.5.1 -debug -doc 0 kB
> Could this be a result of firefox-bin and openoffice-bin being built > with gnome support? How would portage know that? I don't understand the > gst-plugins connection either. gst-plugins depends on gconf, xscreensaver depends on libglade. These are unconditional dependencies, nothing to do with USE flags. The only way to get rid of the dependencies is the get rid of the dependent packages. GNOME libraries are not only used by GNOME, so you'll find them on most desktop systems. -- Neil Bothwick One of the nice things about standards is that there are so many of them.
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