On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 09:32:08AM +0200, Matthias Hanft wrote > Hi, > > after "emerge --sync" today, and "emerge -auv @world", I got the > message: > > emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy > ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.09[cups]". > !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: > - app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1::gentoo (Change USE: +cups) > (dependency required by > "net-print/cups-filters-1.28.10-r3::gentoo[postscript]" [ebuild]) > (dependency required by "net-print/cups-2.3.3_p2-r3::gentoo" [ebuild]) > (dependency required by "dev-java/openjdk-11.0.14_p9-r1::gentoo" [ebuild]) > (dependency required by "virtual/jdk-11-r2::gentoo" [ebuild]) > (dependency required by "@selected" [set]) > (dependency required by "@world" [argument]) > > But: > > - the cups USE flag is globally disabled (and nowhere locally > enabled); > - since this is a virtual server, no printers at all are used/ > connected/configured. > > I could run emerge with USE="cups", but in this case ~30 new > packages would be installed (many, many "libXsomething" among > them). And I would have a completely useless printing system. > > How do I get rid of all those cups things?
You can't. cups is more unwanted/unnecessary bloatware weasling its way in just like systemd and sphinx. I also have cups as a requirement for app-text/ghostscript-gpl as well as for google-chrome, which I use 99% for Netflix. Pale Moon is my "daily driver" browser. -- Walter Dnes <[email protected]> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
