Daevid Vincent wrote:
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From: Philip Webb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:07 PM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why is portage trying to pull in xorg when I don't use it...

060329 Daevid Vincent wrote:
> I have a VMWare that I use for LAMP development.
> I have never put Xorg on it nor do I ever want X windows on it.
> Recently, when I do an 'emerge -Davut world', I see this:
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> [ebuild U ] www-client/links-2.1_pre20 [2.1_pre19] -X -directfb -fbcon > +gpm -javascript +jpeg -livecd +png +sdl +ssl -svga +tiff -unicode 3,768 kB -- snip -- > [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-207 -Xaw3d -doc -toolbar +truetype -unicode > 727 kB > What is trying to bring in all those NEW x11 packages? > How can I prevent this annoyance? It's clearer if you do 'emerge -etp links', which requires all the GUI stuff

OMG! 'links' pulls in _92_ package dependencies?! That's silly.

No, it's not silly. It's good.

What confuses me even more now, is that AFAIK, "links" is (according to the
man page) "lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser", so why then
all the x11 dependencies and such. Shouldn't this thing, by definition, just
work in console mode without all that extra crap?

No, it shouldn't. It should work with all the flags that you
set.

I "solved" this by adding this to /etc/portage/package.use:

www-client/links -X -directfb -fbcon gpm -javascript -jpeg -livecd -png -sdl
ssl -svga -tiff -unicode

But what seems silly to me is that why does this have jpeg, png, tiff
support if it's in console mode?

No, that's not silly.

Will "links" actually SHOW an image?

Yes, it will.


I've
NEVER seen it do that (on any other linux box, even with X support)

Fine - so, what?

Alexander Skwar
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