On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:26:03 +0100, Jarry wrote:

> [ebuild  N     ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.7.10:3.7.10  USE="-build 
> -deblob -symlink" 68,335 kB
> [ebuild  N     ] virtual/linux-sources-0  0 kB
> [ebuild   R    ] sys-apps/kmod-12-r1  USE="tools zlib -debug -doc -lzma 
> -static-libs" KERNEL="(linux%*)" 0 kB

> Why in the heavens name should be gentoo-sources pulled in as
> dependency of whatever?

As a dependency of virtual-sources, which is probably pulled in by kmod.
Adding --tree would have told you for sure.

> I have 6 nearly identical machines, and
> use only one for kernel compilation, so why should I now have
> gentoo-sources on every system? Can I somehow prevent it?

You may get away with adding gentoo-sources to package.provided.


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Neil Bothwick

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