On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:43:46 -0700 Nick Fortino <nfort...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2009-04-10, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Grant Edwards <gra...@visi.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Is something broken in the xfce ebuilds? emerge keeps wanting > >>> to install xscreensaver even though I've got -xscreensaver in my > >>> USE variable in make.conf. Everytime I update, xscreensaver > >>> gets reinstalled, and I have to manually "emerge -C" it: > >>> > >>> # emerge -auvtND world > >>> > >>> These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: > >>> > >>> Calculating dependencies... done! > >>> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce4-4.4.3 USE="alsa cups oss -minimal > >>> -xscreensaver" > >>> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce4-session-4.4.3 USE="dbus -debug -gnome" > >>> [nomerge ] xfce-base/xfce-utils-4.4.3 USE="dbus lock -debug" > >>> [ebuild N ] x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.07 USE="jpeg opengl pam > >>> -new-login -suid -xinerama" 0 kB > >>> > >> It is because of the "lock" USE flag on xfce-utils. I think it > >> uses xscreensaver for the screen-locking function. > >> > > > > I see. An unpleasant side-effect is that the screensaver > > function keeps kicking in. I guess I'll remove the "lock" flag > > from xfce-utils. Oddly, I have the "lock" flag for xfce-utils > > on another similar system, and emerge doesn't think it needs > > xscreensaver on that system. Perhpas because I have xlockmore > > installed on that system? > > > > > If you don't want a specific package, echo 'x11-misc/xscreensaver' >> > /etc/portage/package.mask > In this case, the dependency is: > lock? ( || ( x11-misc/xscreensaver > gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver > x11-misc/xlockmore ) )" > so either gnome-screensaver or xlockmore will be pulled in to compensate. > > Nick > Instead of needlessly messing with package.mask, it is easier to just emerge -a1v x11-misc/xlockmore (supposing he wants xlockmore and not gnome-screensaver). Now the dependency will be satisfied by xlockmore and xscreensaver won't be pulled anymore. -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free. --Linus Torvalds
