emerge distcc gives huge list - why- counterproductive!

[progosaurus]

Installing my second gentoo system (1st was yesterday!)
yesterday I considered installing distcc after I had got kde etc. working;

metis root # emerge -p distcc

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild R ] sys-devel/distcc-2.16-r2

.... which looks reasonable.



Today I am (more usefully) considering installing it just after I have got the kernel up and running. However, now the proposed set of emerged stuff is HUGE.

ganymede root # emerge -p --verbose distcc

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild N ] media-libs/jpeg-6b-r3 -debug 598 kB
[ebuild N ] media-libs/libpng-1.2.7 -debug 0 kB
... (lots omitted for clarity - see full list at end of this message)
[ebuild N ] x11-themes/gtk-engines-2.2.0 1,072 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.6.2 -debug 2,547 kB

Total size of downloads: 106,828 kB
^^^^^^^^^^^ !!

metis is a 2.6.7 kernel, with kde 3.3.0, built mostly from 2004.3-r1 GRP but also some compilation of KDE.

ganymede is a 2.6.9 kernel, just built from 2004.3-r1.
Only the kernel is "finished", next I would install GRP from the packages disk.

Why does distcc have such huge dependencies?

Note: as recommeded in the install guide, I have not yet changed the USE variable.

Confused ....


Here is the complete list of packages distcc wants:

ganymede root # emerge -p --verbose distcc

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild N ] media-libs/jpeg-6b-r3 -debug 598 kB
[ebuild N ] media-libs/libpng-1.2.7 -debug 0 kB
[ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.5-r1 -bindist -cjk -debug -doc +zlib 0 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-misc/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r2 -debug 19 kB
[ebuild N ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.3 732 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-base/opengl-update-1.7.2 0 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.0-r1 -3dfx -3dnow +bitmap-fonts -cjk -debug -dlloader -dmx -doc -hardened -insecure-drivers -ipv6 -mmx +nls +pam -sdk -sse -static +xprint 64,126 kB
[ebuild N ] app-arch/rpm2targz-9.0-r2 0 kB
[ebuild N ] sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.5 0 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-196 -Xaw3d -debug +truetype -unicode 662 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-util/pkgconfig-0.15.0 596 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-libs/glib-2.4.6 -doc 2,098 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-libs/atk-1.6.1 -debug -doc 481 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-libs/pango-1.4.1 -debug -doc 893 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.34 224 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-util/intltool-0.30 110 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.11 -debug -ipv6 +python +readline 2,686 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.14 347 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-libs/gtk+-2.4.9-r1 -debug -doc +jpeg -tiff 9,374 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-util/indent-2.2.9-r1 +nls 662 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-libs/libIDL-0.8.3 -debug 303 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/orbit-2.10.3 -debug -doc +ssl 634 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/gconf-2.6.2 -debug -doc 1,486 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/libbonobo-2.6.2 -debug -doc 1,030 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-mime-data-2.4.1 -debug 636 kB
[ebuild N ] net-nds/portmap-5b-r8 (-selinux) 18 kB
[ebuild N ] app-admin/fam-2.7.0 294 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.6.1.1 -debug -doc -gnutls -ipv6 -samba +ssl 1,447 kB
[ebuild N ] media-libs/audiofile-0.2.6-r1 365 kB
[ebuild N ] media-sound/esound-0.2.34 -alsa -ipv6 +tcpd 310 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/libgnome-2.6.1.1-r1 -debug -doc 1,067 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/libglade-2.4.0 -debug -doc 303 kB
[ebuild N ] media-libs/libart_lgpl-2.3.16 -debug 259 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2.6.1.1 -debug -doc 508 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.6.1 -debug -doc 858 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-keyring-0.2.1 -debug 317 kB
[ebuild N ] gnome-base/libgnomeui-2.6.1.1 -debug -doc +jpeg 1,469 kB
[ebuild N ] sys-devel/distcc-2.16-r2 -debug +gnome +gtk -ipv6 (-selinux) 328 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-themes/hicolor-icon-theme-0.5 30 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-1.2.3 -debug 2,695 kB
[ebuild N ] media-libs/giflib-4.1.0-r3 +X +gif 294 kB
[ebuild N ] dev-libs/glib-1.2.10-r5 -debug 411 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-libs/gtk+-1.2.10-r11 -debug +nls 2,880 kB
[ebuild N ] media-libs/tiff-3.6.1-r2 -lzw-tiff 1,065 kB
[ebuild N ] media-libs/imlib-1.9.14-r2 574 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-themes/gtk-engines-2.2.0 1,072 kB
[ebuild N ] x11-themes/gnome-themes-2.6.2 -debug 2,547 kB

Total size of downloads: 106,828 kB
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progo

[JMM]

Add -gnome -gtk (and maybe -X, but remove it after distcc is compiled) to your USE variable, the list should go down.

The reason it gives you such a huge list is because distcc comes with a graphical tool to monitor what's being compiled on what system. It's made for gnome, and so gnome is counted as a dependency, and so you get gnome, gtk, and a bunch of other junk installed with it.

[progosaurus]

Yup, that does the trick:

ganymede root # USE="-gnome -gtk -X" emerge -p distcc

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild N ] dev-util/pkgconfig-0.15.0
[ebuild N ] sys-devel/distcc-2.16-r2


Thanks muchly!
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progo

[irf2003]

i assume you are doing a fresh install, and still building your
system, if that is the case, then do