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From: Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] xypic wants ruby?
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:03:43
Message-Id: o2l9ec849b41004251427y6b68cea7l5e7e1f3946385931@mail.gmail.com
1 Please help me to understand this:
2
3 $ emerge -pv dev-texlive/texlive-pictures
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5 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
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7 Calculating dependencies... done!
8 [ebuild N ] app-admin/eselect-ruby-20091225 2 kB
9 [ebuild N ] dev-lang/ruby-1.8.7_p249 USE="berkdb gdbm ipv6 ssl
10 -debug -doc -emacs -examples -rubytests -socks5 -threads -tk -xemacs"
11 4,058 kB
12 [ebuild N ] dev-texlive/texlive-pictures-2008-r1 USE="-doc -source" 576 kB
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14 Total: 3 packages (3 new), Size of downloads: 4,636 kB
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16 I need dev-texlive/texlive-pictures because it seems that's what
17 provides xy-pic. Why in Hell am I obliged to install ruby? I
18 currently have no use for it. I can't begin to imagine why this
19 particular programming language should be a must... Nothing in the
20 use flags suggests a clue, for me anyway...
21
22 Jorge Almeida

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Re: [gentoo-user] xypic wants ruby? Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.EDU>