On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 11:47:41AM +0000, Mick wrote > On Saturday 07 Dec 2013 11:27:50 Tom Wijsman wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Dec 2013 11:03:00 +0000 > > > > Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It used to be the case that setting -gnome globally would be > > > sufficient, without having to manually mask packages. I had > > > gstreamer in pidgin to be able to get sound. I'm guessing that I > > > need gstreamer in pidgin to be able to set up a voice call in gtalk. > > > > > > Is it the case that now one has to install gnome-base to be able to > > > use gstreamer? > > > > Seems so, you'll need to check with upstream or with the code for more > > details; but it is just one small package though. > > Sure, today it is just gnome-base, tomorrow I could end up *having* > to install systemd or whatever RHL and their developers have deemed > appropriate for your average desktop system. I've masked the two > you suggested for now.
The GNOME people have now made dbus a hard-coded dependancy of the latest gtk+. systemd can't be far behind. I've had dbus masked since it arrived approximately the same time as HAL. Here's what I get when trying to update gtk+ [i660][waltdnes][~] emerge -pv --backtrack=0 gtk+ These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-apps/dbus-1" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - sys-apps/dbus-1.6.18-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword) - sys-apps/dbus-1.6.18::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword) - sys-apps/dbus-1.6.16::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword) - sys-apps/dbus-1.6.14::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword) - sys-apps/dbus-1.6.12::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) (dependency required by "app-accessibility/at-spi2-atk-2.8.1" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "x11-libs/gtk+-3.8.7[X]" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "gtk+" [argument]) For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
