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On 2/26/06, gentuxx <gentuxx@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Why in the world to I need Apache, php(4), and a whole host of other |
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> packages (22 to be exact) just to install NTP? |
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Probably because your USE flags are telling portage that you want all |
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of those dependancies. |
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If you don't have USE=nodroproot (which would be a bad idea, BTW), ntp |
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depends on sys-libs/libcap. |
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sys-libs/libcap depends on dev-lang/swig if you have USE=python. |
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dev-lang/swig depends dev-lang/php if you have USE=php. |
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dev-lang/php depends on apache. |
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...and so on. |
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If you want to avoid such dependancies, you should set USE=-* in |
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/etc/make.conf, and then set each USE flag specifically for each |
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package that you want it on in /etc/portage/package.use. If you do |
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this, be very careful in the conversion of your system, as you can |
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break things easily (for example, if you have pam, and end up with |
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-pam.) |
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-Richard |
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