2013/2/1 Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> > On Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:07:24 +0100, Michael Hampicke wrote: > > > What about not using the local overlay and simply do emerge --nodeps > > firefox and see what happens? I know, crude.... but simple :) > > Because every emerge @world will want to install ALSA. > > You may find it will not compile without alsa-lib being present, you could > try moving the dep from RDEPEND to DEPEND, then you can remove alsa-lib > once the emerge has completed. > > BTW, /var/lib/layman is for layman-managed overlays, local overlays are > best kept separate.
I understand that, but Philip wrote that he wanted to find out if he could compile ff without alsa-lib beeing present. To just test this case, emerge --nodeps ff is perfect. If he finds out that ff would infact compile without alsa-lib, he could open a bug rebort at b.g.o to make alsa-lib optional. (or for that matter, create a patched ebuild in his local overlay)
