Alan McKinnon wrote: > 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 > >
There is hope for the future, if I ever get to liking KDE 4. I got KDE 4.3 installed but just ain't warmed up to it yet. :\ Dale :-) :-)

