On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 23:23:03 +1200 Andrew Sands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi, > > Anybody on the list running 'gentoo' who might be able to give a heads up as > to why with the most recent portage update my non-X boxes have started to > download a swag of x11 lib files OR if this doesn't ring any bells, could a > suggestion slightly better than "google for it....." be put forward as to > what command line utility I use to either find out what package \ ebuild has > decided to require X. > > As an aside make.conf USE includes "-X". > > TIA > > Andrew > If they are downloading something you don't want then you forgot to check what portage was about to do with the --pretend (-p) flag. You can trace depedencies better with --tree (-t) eg emerge -uDpvt world
