Andreas Thalhammer wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 22:57:27 +0100, TwoTired wrote:
>
>>... emerging kernel sources ...
>>... emerge listed a heap of other packages to be installed - these included
>>xfree , fontconfig, load docbook stuff, freetype2 and others.
>
>
> Why don't you try "emerge -O gentoo-sources" - that way you don't need to
> bother with the other stuff...
>
>
>>new feature?
>
>
> Must be very new - I installed my system three weeks ago and emerged the
> kernel sources with no problem at all (no dependences on other packages).
>
>
>>Anyone else seen this.
>
>
> New to me...
>
>
> Well, hope I helped you!
> So long,
> A.

Probably all stuff in your USE var.

edit /etc/make.conf.

Use="-*"

i always use -* (and some more like alsa and pam, those are needed for
some specific apps i install). I like minimal systems

Bastiaan Visser wrote:
> i always use -* (and some more like alsa and pam, those are needed for
> some specific apps i install). I like minimal systems

Mind, it might also be slightly disabled.

This is because when applications/libraries that are installed their use
flag is usually enabled, so that other applications can compile support
for it. Since it is already installed, you may as well use it!

Eg. If you install Gnome, the gtk2 libs get installed but the flag isn't
set meaning that apps won't compile [optional] gtk2 support.

--
Ben M.

On Thu, 06 May 2004 18:48:56 +0200, Bastiaan Visser wrote:

>> On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 22:57:27 +0100, TwoTired wrote:
>>
>>>... emerging kernel sources ...
>>>... emerge listed a heap of other packages to be installed - these included
>>>xfree , fontconfig, load docbook stuff, freetype2 and others.

Gee.. you guys are archeologists ) such topic replied to
after almost 1 year ) The guy AFAIK (google) is past the problem