Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> writes: > On 12/14/2014 04:54 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Even on a fairly bare new install slowly being brough up to desired >> setup it seems like reqiring 116 new pkgs to install dev-vcs/git is >> bit much. > > USE=perl is responsible for some of them, but you also want it set if > you actually intend to use git. > > The rest look like they're being pulled in with USE=gtk, which in turn > requires the Xorg stuff. Passing "--tree" to emerge will either confirm, > or surprise you, who knows.
Thanks for the input. using: # USE='-gtk' emerge -v dev-vcs/git Knocks it down to a much nicer 24 pkgs... thanks
