[gentoo-user] Why is portage trying to pull in xorg when I don't use it...

[Daevid Vincent]

I have a VMWare that I use for LAMP development. I have never put Xorg on
it, nor do I ever want X windows on it. Recently, when I do an 'emerge
-Davut world', I see this:
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vmware ~ # emerge -Davtu world

These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order:

Calculating world dependencies   
!!! Packages for the following atoms are either all
!!! masked or don't exist:
sys-apps/fileutils sys-apps/textutils sys-apps/sh-utils
 
...done!
[ebuild     U ] net-fs/samba-3.0.21b [3.0.14a-r2] +acl -async -automount
-cups -doc -examples -kerberos -ldap -ldapsam -libclamav +mysql -oav +pam
-postgres +python -quotas +readline (-selinux) -swat -syslog -winbind -xml
+xml2 17,143 kB 
[ebuild     U ] www-client/links-2.1_pre20 [2.1_pre19] -X -directfb -fbcon
+gpm -javascript +jpeg -livecd +png +sdl +ssl -svga +tiff -unicode 3,768 kB 
[ebuild  N    ]  media-libs/libsdl-1.2.8-r1  -X -aalib -alsa -arts -dga
-directfb -esd -fbcon -ggi -libcaca -nas -noaudio -noflagstrip -nojoystick
-novideo +opengl +oss -pic -svga -xinerama +xv 2,541 kB 
[ebuild  N    ]   media-libs/audiofile-0.2.6-r1  365 kB 
[ebuild  N    ] x11-terms/xterm-207  -Xaw3d -doc -toolbar +truetype -unicode
727 kB 
[nomerge      ]  sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.6  
[ebuild  N    ]   x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6  -3dfx -3dnow +bitmap-fonts
-cjk -debug -dlloader -dmx -doc -font-server -insecure-drivers -ipv6
-minimal -mmx -nls -nocxx +opengl +pam -sdk -sse -static +truetype-fonts
+type1-fonts (-uclibc) -xprint +xv 44,705 kB 
[ebuild  N    ]    media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.3  732 kB 
[ebuild  N    ]    x11-base/opengl-update-3.0.0  0 kB 
[ebuild  N    ]     app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.0.3  41 kB 
[ebuild  N    ]    x11-apps/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r3  19 kB 
[nomerge      ] sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r5  -nocxx +python -static 
[nomerge      ]  dev-lang/swig-1.3.21  -X* -doc -guile -java +perl +php
+python +ruby* -tcltk 
[ebuild     U ]   dev-lang/php-5.1.2 [5.1.1] -adabas -apache +apache2
-bcmath -berkdb -birdstep +bzip2 -calendar -cdb +cgi -cjk +cli +crypt +ctype
-curl -curlwrappers -db2 -dbase -dbmaker -debug -discard-path -doc -empress
-empress-bcs -esoob -exif -fastbuild -fdftk -filepro -firebird -flatfile
-force-cgi-redirect -frontbase -ftp +gd -gd-external +gdbm -gmp -hardenedphp
-hash -hyperwave-api -iconv -imap -informix -inifile -interbase -iodbc -ipv6
-java-external -kerberos -ldap -libedit -mcve -memlimit +mhash -ming -msql
-mssql +mysql -mysqli +ncurses -nls -oci8 -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl
+pcre -pdo -pdo-external -pic -posix -postgres -qdbm +readline -recode
-reflection -sapdb -sasl +session -sharedext -sharedmem +simplexml -snmp
+soap -sockets -solid +spell -spl +sqlite +ssl -sybase -sybase-ct -sysvipc
-threads -tidy -tokenizer +truetype -vm-goto -vm-switch -wddx +xml
-xmlreader -xmlrpc -xmlwriter -xpm +xsl -yaz -zip +zlib 6,178 kB 
[ebuild     U ]    media-libs/libpng-1.2.8-r1 [1.2.8] -doc 375 kB 
[nomerge      ] sys-apps/most-4.9.5  
[ebuild     U ]  sys-libs/slang-1.4.9-r2 [1.4.9-r1] -cjk -unicode 628 kB 

Total size of downloads: 77,229 kB

Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No] 
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What is trying to bring in all those NEW x11 packages? How can I prevent
this annoyance? 

And what am I supposed to do with this information:

!!! Packages for the following atoms are either all
!!! masked or don't exist:
sys-apps/fileutils sys-apps/textutils sys-apps/sh-utils

Am I supposed to remove those packages? 
Ignore this message?
'esearch'ing for them turns up nothing.


"You had me at EHLO" --E.Webb (10.04.05) 

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