[gentoo-user] Re: avoiding java

[»Q«]

Sven Köhler <skoehler@×××.de> wrote:

> »Q« schrieb:
> > Is there a simple way to make sure java never gets installed on a
> > gentoo machine?
>
> disable java use-flag.
> mask virtual/jdk, virtual/jre and maybe also dev-java/sun-jdk, etc.

Thanks -- that masking seems to do it.  I hadn't read about the switch
to virtuals for java until now.  I have a lot of catching up to do.

> BTW: what's so frightening about java?

Nothing scary, just don't want it.

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