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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] icedtea requiring X libs to build was -> Guidelines for IUSE defaults
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:54:06
Message-Id: 6364e596-021f-c9c2-9915-936662ebed39@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] icedtea requiring X libs to build was -> Guidelines for IUSE defaults by "William L. Thomson Jr."
1 On 02/02/2017 10:51 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
2 > On Thursday, February 2, 2017 10:36:51 AM EST Michael Orlitzky wrote:
3 >> Why does dev-java/icedtea try to pull in GTK (and thus X)
4 >> on a headless server? That stuff belongs in a desktop profile, not in
5 >> the base one.
6 >
7 > In that specific case it cannot be avoided.
8
9 Yes it can. I just have to waste my time unsetting the stupid USE flag
10 that's on for no reason =P

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