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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Philip Webb [mailto:purslow@×××××××××.ca] |
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:07 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why is portage trying to pull in |
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> xorg when I don't use it... |
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> 060329 Daevid Vincent wrote: |
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> > I have a VMWare that I use for LAMP development. |
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> > I have never put Xorg on it nor do I ever want X windows on it. |
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> > Recently, when I do an 'emerge -Davut world', I see this: |
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> -- snip -- |
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> > [ebuild U ] www-client/links-2.1_pre20 [2.1_pre19] -X |
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> -directfb -fbcon |
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> > +gpm -javascript +jpeg -livecd +png +sdl +ssl -svga +tiff |
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> -unicode 3,768 kB |
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> -- snip -- |
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> > [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-207 -Xaw3d -doc -toolbar |
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> +truetype -unicode |
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> > 727 kB |
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> > What is trying to bring in all those NEW x11 packages? |
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> > How can I prevent this annoyance? |
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> |
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> It's clearer if you do 'emerge -etp links', which requires |
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> all the GUI stuff |
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OMG! 'links' pulls in _92_ package dependencies?! That's silly. |
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What confuses me even more now, is that AFAIK, "links" is (according to the |
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man page) "lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser", so why then |
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all the x11 dependencies and such. Shouldn't this thing, by definition, just |
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work in console mode without all that extra crap? |
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I "solved" this by adding this to /etc/portage/package.use: |
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www-client/links -X -directfb -fbcon gpm -javascript -jpeg -livecd -png -sdl |
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ssl -svga -tiff -unicode |
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But what seems silly to me is that why does this have jpeg, png, tiff |
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support if it's in console mode? Will "links" actually SHOW an image? I've |
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NEVER seen it do that (on any other linux box, even with X support) |
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