Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of cups and physical printing ...
Hello, On Tue, 05 Jan 2016, Neil Bothwick wrote: >On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 18:07:47 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> > You stipulate physical printing. Does that mean you want to retain th >> > ability to print to PDF or PS? If so, you would still need at least >> > Ghostscript and possibly CUPS too, although you should be able to get >> > rid of the PPD packages. Same here. >I would think USE="-cups" would help, but some packages do have a hard >dependency on printing, which has been the subject of rants on this list >in the past. Yeah, it does not really help for some packages, some won't even compile withouth cups and other stuff (e.g. libreoffice without cups, hunspell etc. pp: >=app-text/hunspell-1.3.2-r3 app-text/mythes >=app-text/libetonyek-0.1.1 >=app-text/libmwaw-0.3.4 app-text/libwpd:0.10[tools] app-text/libwpg:0.3 =app-text/libwps-0.3* =dev-cpp/libcmis-0.5* >=dev-libs/hyphen-2.7.1 >=dev-libs/redland-1.0.16 >=media-libs/libfreehand-0.1.0 media-libs/libpagemaker >=media-libs/libvisio-0.1.0 net-nds/openldap This is _ALL_ stuff I don't want, esp. the spelling crap. I've yet to see a spellchecker that helps more than it hinders. Anyway, I've patched some ebuilds so they compile without cups, if at all possible, feel free to ask via PM (they're mostly untested so far), so I won't put them up for download anywhere yet. -dnh -- >> This needs quotes: >> use lib "/path/to/perl/modules"; > Single or double quotes? Yes. -- Tad McClellan in comp.lang.perl.misc
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of cups and physical printing ...
On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 18:07:47 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > You stipulate physical printing. Does that mean you want to retain th > > ability to print to PDF or PS? If so, you would still need at least > > Ghostscript and possibly CUPS too, although you should be able to get > > rid of the PPD packages. > ...my "I am no native english speaker" hit me again it seems... ;) > > With "physical printing" I meant the step which "put it on > paper"...or in other words: Everything which involves the device > "printer" (...hrrmmm...NOT anything in /dev/the thing on the > desktop, which has 9 needles in the past...;) 8) ) > > For creating PDF I use either TeX and friends. Or gimp or > similiar (Image-/Graphicsmagick). I would think USE="-cups" would help, but some packages do have a hard dependency on printing, which has been the subject of rants on this list in the past. -- Neil Bothwick "Of course, I could switch back to Windows. At least there, if I have a problem, I don't suffer under the illusion that I could ever fix it." - pgpF7OHmINQe_.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of cups and physical printing ...
Neil Bothwick [16-01-02 11:53]: > On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 06:50:22 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > I am not using a physical printer. > > > > Is it possible to get completly rid of cups and > > other "physical printing"-related stuff somehow? > > You stipulate physical printing. Does that mean you want to retain th > ability to print to PDF or PS? If so, you would still need at least > Ghostscript and possibly CUPS too, although you should be able to get rid > of the PPD packages. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > Eye of newt, toe of frog, regular Coke and fries to go, please. Hi Neil, ...my "I am no native english speaker" hit me again it seems... ;) With "physical printing" I meant the step which "put it on paper"...or in other words: Everything which involves the device "printer" (...hrrmmm...NOT anything in /dev/the thing on the desktop, which has 9 needles in the past...;) 8) ) For creating PDF I use either TeX and friends. Or gimp or similiar (Image-/Graphicsmagick). Best regards, mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of cups and physical printing ...
On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 06:50:22 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > I am not using a physical printer. > > Is it possible to get completly rid of cups and > other "physical printing"-related stuff somehow? You stipulate physical printing. Does that mean you want to retain th ability to print to PDF or PS? If so, you would still need at least Ghostscript and possibly CUPS too, although you should be able to get rid of the PPD packages. -- Neil Bothwick Eye of newt, toe of frog, regular Coke and fries to go, please. pgp_Z35nuzwKj.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Getting rid of cups and physical printing ...
On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM, wrote: > Any global USE-flag I can set/delete to accomplish > this? I would think -cups should do the job. Brandon Vincent