2009/10/20 Mick <[email protected]>: > 2009/10/20 Neil Bothwick <[email protected]>: >> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:07:23 +0100, Mick wrote: >> >>> emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy >>> ">=dev-libs/soprano-2.3.0[clucene,dbus,raptor,java]". >>> !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request: >>> - dev-libs/soprano-2.3.1 (Change USE: +java) >>> (dependency required by "kde-base/nepomuk-4.3.1" [ebuild]) >>> (dependency required by "kde-base/kmail-4.3.1-r1" [ebuild]) >>> (dependency required by "world" [argument]) >>> >>> Why on earth does kmail need jdk? >> >> It doesn't, it needs nepomuk which in turn needs soprano with either the >> java or redland USE flag. >> >>> How can I avoid installing java? >> >> Either merge soprano with USE="redland" or set USE="-semantic-desktop" >> to do without nepomuk altogether. > > Thank you all for persisting with me. :-) > > I'm afraid the -semantic-desktop USE flag did not cut it. So, I > emerged dev-libs/soprano with -java +redland and all seems good. > > A few more things that look odd are: > > [ebuild N ] net-libs/libvncserver-0.9.1 USE="jpeg zlib -no24bpp > -nobackchannel" 1,036 kB [0] > [ebuild N ] sys-boot/lilo-22.8-r2 USE="-device-mapper -minimal > -pxeserial -static" 431 kB [0] > [ebuild N ] dev-games/libggz-0.0.14.1 USE="-debug -gnutls" 467 kB [0] > [ebuild N ] dev-games/ggz-client-libs-0.0.14.1 USE="-debug" 600 kB [0] > > I don't really need a vnc server on this machine. I also don't need > games and I prefer GRUB to LILO. So why is KDE4 springing all these > goodies onto me? > > How should I tell it not to? > -- > Regards, > Mick >
Ditto for sys-devel/bin86 - do I need such a thing? -- Regards, Mick
