Re: [gentoo-user] Java wants cups?

[Walter Dnes]

On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 09:32:08AM +0200, Matthias Hanft wrote
> Hi,
>
> after "emerge --sync" today, and "emerge -auv @world", I got the
> message:
>
> emerge: there are no ebuilds built with USE flags to satisfy ">=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.09[cups]".
> !!! One of the following packages is required to complete your request:
> - app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1::gentoo (Change USE: +cups)
> (dependency required by "net-print/cups-filters-1.28.10-r3::gentoo[postscript]" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "net-print/cups-2.3.3_p2-r3::gentoo" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "dev-java/openjdk-11.0.14_p9-r1::gentoo" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "virtual/jdk-11-r2::gentoo" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "@selected" [set])
> (dependency required by "@world" [argument])
>
> But:
>
> - the cups USE flag is globally disabled (and nowhere locally
>   enabled);
> - since this is a virtual server, no printers at all are used/
>   connected/configured.
>
> I could run emerge with USE="cups", but in this case ~30 new
> packages would be installed (many, many "libXsomething" among
> them). And I would have a completely useless printing system.
>
> How do I get rid of all those cups things?

  You can't.  cups is more unwanted/unnecessary bloatware weasling its
way in just like systemd and sphinx.  I also have cups as a requirement
for app-text/ghostscript-gpl as well as for google-chrome, which I use
99% for Netflix.  Pale Moon is my "daily driver" browser.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications