Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out why emerage wants to build xscreensaver
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:43:46 -0700 Nick Fortino wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2009-04-10, Paul Hartman wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> > >>> Is something broken in the xfce ebuilds? emerge keeps wanting > >>> to install xscreensaver even though I've got -xscreensaver in my > >>> USE variable in make.conf. Everytime I update, xscreensaver > >>> gets reinstalled, and I have to manually "emerge -C" it: > >>> > >>> # emerge -auvtND world > >>> > >>> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: > >>> > >>> Calculating dependencies... done! > >>> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.3 USE="alsa cups oss -minimal > >>> -xscreensaver" > >>> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce4-session-4.4.3 USE="dbus -debug -gnome" > >>> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce-utils-4.4.3 USE="dbus lock -debug" > >>> [ebuild N]x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.07 USE="jpeg opengl pam > >>> -new-login -suid -xinerama" 0 kB > >>> > >> It is because of the "lock" USE flag on xfce-utils. I think it > >> uses xscreensaver for the screen-locking function. > >> > > > > I see. An unpleasant side-effect is that the screensaver > > function keeps kicking in. I guess I'll remove the "lock" flag > > from xfce-utils. Oddly, I have the "lock" flag for xfce-utils > > on another similar system, and emerge doesn't think it needs > > xscreensaver on that system. Perhpas because I have xlockmore > > installed on that system? > > > > > If you don't want a specific package, echo 'x11-misc/xscreensaver' >> > /etc/portage/package.mask > In this case, the dependency is: > lock? ( || ( x11-misc/xscreensaver > gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver > x11-misc/xlockmore ) )" > so either gnome-screensaver or xlockmore will be pulled in to compensate. > > Nick > Instead of needlessly messing with package.mask, it is easier to just emerge -a1v x11-misc/xlockmore (supposing he wants xlockmore and not gnome-screensaver). Now the dependency will be satisfied by xlockmore and xscreensaver won't be pulled anymore. -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free. --Linus Torvalds
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out why emerage wants to build xscreensaver
On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 18:36 +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2009-04-10, Paul Hartman wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> >> Is something broken in the xfce ebuilds? emerge keeps wanting
> >> to install xscreensaver even though I've got -xscreensaver in my
> >> USE variable in make.conf. Everytime I update, xscreensaver
> >> gets reinstalled, and I have to manually "emerge -C" it:
> >>
> >> # emerge -auvtND world
> >>
> >> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:
> >>
> >> Calculating dependencies... done!
> >> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.3 USE="alsa cups oss -minimal
> >> -xscreensaver"
> >> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce4-session-4.4.3 USE="dbus -debug -gnome"
> >> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce-utils-4.4.3 USE="dbus lock -debug"
> >> [ebuild N]x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.07 USE="jpeg opengl pam
> >> -new-login -suid -xinerama" 0 kB
> >
> >
> > It is because of the "lock" USE flag on xfce-utils. I think it
> > uses xscreensaver for the screen-locking function.
>
> I see. An unpleasant side-effect is that the screensaver
> function keeps kicking in. I guess I'll remove the "lock" flag
> from xfce-utils. Oddly, I have the "lock" flag for xfce-utils
> on another similar system, and emerge doesn't think it needs
> xscreensaver on that system. Perhpas because I have xlockmore
> installed on that system?
>
/usr/portage/xfce-base/xfce-utils/xfce-utils-4.3.3.ebuild:
RDEPEND="x11-apps/xrdb
x11-libs/libX11
>=dev-libs/glib-2.6:2
>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.6:2
>=xfce-base/libxfcegui4-${XFCE_MASTER_VERSION}
>=xfce-base/libxfce4mcs-${XFCE_MASTER_VERSION}
>=xfce-base/xfce-mcs-manager-${XFCE_MASTER_VERSION}
dbus? ( dev-libs/dbus-glib )
lock? ( || ( x11-misc/xscreensaver
gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver
x11-misc/xlockmore ) )"
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't figure out why emerage wants to build xscreensaver
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2009-04-10, Paul Hartman wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> >>> Is something broken in the xfce ebuilds? emerge keeps wanting >>> to install xscreensaver even though I've got -xscreensaver in my >>> USE variable in make.conf. Everytime I update, xscreensaver >>> gets reinstalled, and I have to manually "emerge -C" it: >>> >>> # emerge -auvtND world >>> >>> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: >>> >>> Calculating dependencies... done! >>> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.3 USE="alsa cups oss -minimal >>> -xscreensaver" >>> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce4-session-4.4.3 USE="dbus -debug -gnome" >>> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce-utils-4.4.3 USE="dbus lock -debug" >>> [ebuild N]x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.07 USE="jpeg opengl pam >>> -new-login -suid -xinerama" 0 kB >>> >> It is because of the "lock" USE flag on xfce-utils. I think it >> uses xscreensaver for the screen-locking function. >> > > I see. An unpleasant side-effect is that the screensaver > function keeps kicking in. I guess I'll remove the "lock" flag > from xfce-utils. Oddly, I have the "lock" flag for xfce-utils > on another similar system, and emerge doesn't think it needs > xscreensaver on that system. Perhpas because I have xlockmore > installed on that system? > > If you don't want a specific package, echo 'x11-misc/xscreensaver' >> /etc/portage/package.mask In this case, the dependency is: lock? ( || ( x11-misc/xscreensaver gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver x11-misc/xlockmore ) )" so either gnome-screensaver or xlockmore will be pulled in to compensate. Nick
