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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Java wants cups?
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2022 22:29:36
Message-Id: 20220402232911.0c31fbfc@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Java wants cups? by Walter Dnes
1 On Sat, 2 Apr 2022 12:06:22 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
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3 > You can't. cups is more unwanted/unnecessary bloatware weasling its
4 > way in just like systemd and sphinx. I also have cups as a requirement
5 > for app-text/ghostscript-gpl as well as for google-chrome, which I use
6 > 99% for Netflix. Pale Moon is my "daily driver" browser.
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8 google-chrome is Google's binary version, o Gentoo devs have no control
9 over the dependencies. With chromium, there is a cups USE flag, but you
10 have to put up with long compile times.
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14 Neil Bothwick
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16 Oops. My brain just hit a bad sector.