110815 Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > On 08/15/2011 04:47 PM, Philip Webb wrote: >> I looked at updating to the latest Libreoffice 3.4.2.3 >> & found it wants to install a long list of deps, >> many of which seem to be caused by my 'java' USE flag. >> As a result, I checked my home-made list of installed pkgs >> to see which were part of Java & why they seemed to be needed. >> Not a few proved to be unnecessary today, >> but the rest depend on 4 underlying pkgs, >> ie Libreoffice Cups Libidn (for KDE 3 , which I want) Db (for Libreoffice). >> If I remove 'java' from make.conf , >> which features will I lose in LO Cups KDE3 ? >> Is there anything else I've overlooked ? > You'll lose the ability to run java applets, > commonly found on the web for many critical things.
Well, I don't use Libreoffice or Cups to access the WWW nor do I use KDE3 for more than a couple of games: I manage my desktop with Fluxbox & have some KDE4 apps installed. What am I going to need Java applets for ? Any other comments ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
