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On 13/12/2013 09:04, Mick wrote: |
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> On Thursday 12 Dec 2013 10:01:20 Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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>> On Wednesday 11 Dec 2013 21:04:00 Mick wrote: |
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>>> Let me get this right, if I set 'kde-base/kdeutils-meta -cups' I will |
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>>> still be able to print from kde applications? |
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>> Here, the K menu item "Manage Printing" opens a CUPS web page, specifically |
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>> localhost:631. It's a bog-standard CUPS interface, with no need of KDE |
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>> complications. There's no printer entry in system settings. I often print a |
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>> spreadsheet from LibreOffice without problems. |
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>> So yes, other things being equal, you will. In any case, why not try it and |
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>> see? You can revert easily enough if you hit a problem. |
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> Thank you Alan and Peter for your advice, |
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> I rebuilt kde-utils meta with USE="-cups" to find out that umpteen packages |
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> want to be depcleaned: |
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> ================================================== |
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>>>> These are the packages that would be unmerged: |
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> kde-base/print-manager |
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> selected: 4.11.2 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: none |
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> kde-base/kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer |
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> selected: 4.10.5 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: none |
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> app-admin/system-config-printer-gnome |
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> selected: 1.4.3 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: none |
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> x11-libs/gtk+ |
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> selected: 3.8.7 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: 2.24.22 |
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> app-text/xmlto |
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> selected: 0.0.24-r1 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: none |
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> app-admin/system-config-printer-common |
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> selected: 1.4.3 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: none |
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> dev-python/pycurl |
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> selected: 7.19.0-r3 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: none |
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> app-accessibility/at-spi2-atk |
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> selected: 2.8.1 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: none |
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> dev-python/pycups |
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> selected: 1.9.63 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: none |
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> dev-python/pygobject |
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> selected: 3.8.3 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: 2.28.6-r55 |
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> gnome-base/gnome-common |
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> selected: 3.7.4 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: none |
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> app-accessibility/at-spi2-core |
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> selected: 2.8.0 |
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> protected: none |
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> omitted: none |
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> All selected packages: app-text/xmlto-0.0.24-r1 app-admin/system-config- |
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> printer-gnome-1.4.3 dev-python/pycurl-7.19.0-r3 gnome-base/gnome-common-3.7.4 |
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> kde-base/print-manager-4.11.2 app-accessibility/at-spi2-atk-2.8.1 dev- |
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> python/pygobject-3.8.3 app-admin/system-config-printer-common-1.4.3 dev- |
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> python/pycups-1.9.63 app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.8.0 x11-libs/gtk+-3.8.7 |
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> kde-base/kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer-4.10.5 |
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>>>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal. |
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>>>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed. |
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> Would you like to unmerge these packages? [Yes/No] |
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> ================================================== |
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> I may leave this until I have more time to look into it. |
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I wouldn't worry about that, it all looks legit to me. KDE's print |
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manager uses the gnome print infrastructure nd seems to hook into cups' |
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web interface. |
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All those packages are related to that in some way, and most importantly |
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you have no other packages that use them. |
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Only two seem worth looking deeper into: |
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kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer: you only need this if you use KDE's desktop |
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search with strigi and nepomuk. It's a plugin to search picture files |
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gtk+: do you use gtk apps at all? If not, this is safe to remove. You |
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won't have wholesale breakage if you remove it and it actually is |
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needed, it can be merged back in quickly. |
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Everything else is helper libs and utility functions which come and go |
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depending on your deps anyway |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |