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.

