> -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Webb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:07 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why is portage trying to pull in > xorg when I don't use it... > > 060329 Daevid Vincent wrote: > > I have a VMWare that I use for LAMP development. > > I have never put Xorg on it nor do I ever want X windows on it. > > Recently, when I do an 'emerge -Davut world', I see this: > -- snip -- > > [ebuild U ] www-client/links-2.1_pre20 [2.1_pre19] -X > -directfb -fbcon > > +gpm -javascript +jpeg -livecd +png +sdl +ssl -svga +tiff > -unicode 3,768 kB > -- snip -- > > [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-207 -Xaw3d -doc -toolbar > +truetype -unicode > > 727 kB > > What is trying to bring in all those NEW x11 packages? > > How can I prevent this annoyance? > > It's clearer if you do 'emerge -etp links', which requires > all the GUI stuff
OMG! 'links' pulls in _92_ package dependencies?! That's silly. What confuses me even more now, is that AFAIK, "links" is (according to the man page) "lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser", so why then all the x11 dependencies and such. Shouldn't this thing, by definition, just work in console mode without all that extra crap? I "solved" this by adding this to /etc/portage/package.use: www-client/links -X -directfb -fbcon gpm -javascript -jpeg -livecd -png -sdl ssl -svga -tiff -unicode But what seems silly to me is that why does this have jpeg, png, tiff support if it's in console mode? Will "links" actually SHOW an image? I've NEVER seen it do that (on any other linux box, even with X support) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
