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From: "Anthony E. Caudel" <acaudel@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What is causing x11-terms/xterm to be dragged in?
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 04:17:00
Message-Id: 4477D08D.20303@gt.rr.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What is causing x11-terms/xterm to be dragged in? by Steven Susbauer
1 Steven Susbauer wrote:
2 >
3 > On Fri, 26 May 2006, michael@×××××××××××××.com wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >>I should have included that in my original email, of course:
7 >>
8 >>$ grep USE /etc/make.conf | grep -v "^#"
9 >>USE="berkdb innodb"
10 >>
11 >>I have no /usr/portage/package.use
12 >>
13 >>$ grep USE /etc/make.profile/make.defaults
14 >>USE="alsa apm arts avi bitmap-fonts cups eds emboss encode fortran foomaticdb
15 >>gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod
16 >>motif mp3 mpeg ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pdflib png qt quicktime sdl spell
17 >>truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis X xml2 xmms xv"
18 >>
19 >>AHA!
20 >>
21 >>but the man page for emerge says not to edit /etc/make.profile/make.defaults.
22 >>How do I get X out of there? If in fact that's the cause of my problem?
23 >>
24 >>Michael
25 >>
26 >
27 >
28 > Everything you put in /etc/make.conf should be based on the
29 > make.defaults, or possible things you want enabled.
30 > If X is in make.defaults, add -X to make.conf to disable it. You should
31 > probably add "-X -opengl -gnome -gtk -gtk2 -kde -qt" to /etc/make.conf at
32 > least, that should hopefully fix your issues.
33 >
34 > -Steven
35 Curious that "X" should be in make.defaults. Does that mean that the
36 devs think that everyone wants X loaded?
37
38 Tony
39
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Re: [gentoo-user] What is causing x11-terms/xterm to be dragged in? Steven Susbauer <stupendoussteve@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] What is causing x11-terms/xterm to be dragged in? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>