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From: "»Q«" <boxcars@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: avoiding java
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:04:32
Message-Id: ko1974-osf.ln1@goldry.remarqs.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] avoiding java by Norberto Bensa
1 In <news:200701080044.18880.nbensa@×××.net>,
2 Norberto Bensa <nbensa@×××.net> wrote:
3
4 > »Q« wrote:
5 > > Is there a simple way to make sure java never gets installed on a
6 > > gentoo machine?
7 >
8 > USE=-java in your /etc/make.conf
9
10 I had done that already, but -java only prevents java from being
11 installed as an optional dependency. If a package requires java, it
12 will pull it in despite that flag. See Sven's answer about how to mask
13 java.
14
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: avoiding java Norberto Bensa <nbensa@×××.net>