Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I prevent gentoo-sources being installed?
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:46:56
Message-Id: 20130324164632.4d9a515d@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] How can I prevent gentoo-sources being installed? by Jarry
1 On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:26:03 +0100, Jarry wrote:
2
3 > [ebuild N ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.7.10:3.7.10 USE="-build
4 > -deblob -symlink" 68,335 kB
5 > [ebuild N ] virtual/linux-sources-0 0 kB
6 > [ebuild R ] sys-apps/kmod-12-r1 USE="tools zlib -debug -doc -lzma
7 > -static-libs" KERNEL="(linux%*)" 0 kB
8
9 > Why in the heavens name should be gentoo-sources pulled in as
10 > dependency of whatever?
11
12 As a dependency of virtual-sources, which is probably pulled in by kmod.
13 Adding --tree would have told you for sure.
14
15 > I have 6 nearly identical machines, and
16 > use only one for kernel compilation, so why should I now have
17 > gentoo-sources on every system? Can I somehow prevent it?
18
19 You may get away with adding gentoo-sources to package.provided.
20
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22 --
23 Neil Bothwick
24
25 Bill Gates named his company after his penis.

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