On Sunday 06 September 2009 01:17:21 Mick wrote: > Well, on my system it is kdelibs that pull it in: > > # emerge --depclean -pv net-misc/mDNSResponder > > Calculating dependencies... done! > net-misc/mDNSResponder-107.6-r5 pulled in by: > kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6 > > despite the fact that I do not have avahi and zeroconf USE flags enabled > either in kdelibs or cups: > ======================================= > # emerge -pDv kde-base/kdelibs > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild R ] kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.10-r6 USE="acl alsa branding cups > fam spell > tiff -arts -avahi -bindist -debug -doc -jpeg2k -kdehiddenvisibility > -kerberos -legacyssl -lua -openexr -utempter" 0 kB >
Recent kde-libs-3.5 have a hard dependency on zeroconf/nDSNResponder. A contentious decision at the time KDE-4 uses avahi -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

