By removing "gnome" from IUSE in abiword-1.0.2-r1.ebuild, plus removing the gnome lines at: gnome? ( >=gnome-base/gnome-libs-1.4.1.2-r1 >=gnome-extra/gal-0.13-r1 >=gnome-base/bonobo-1.0.9-r1 ) - keeping the quote mark from the end of the third line - and: use gnome \ && myconf="${myconf} --with-gnome --enable-gnome" \ && export ABI_OPT_BONOBO=1 and: use gnome && ( \ insinto /usr/share/pixmaps newins ${WORKDIR}/${P}/abidistfiles/icons/abiword_48.png AbiWord.png insinto /usr/share/gnome/apps/Applications doins ${FILESDIR}/AbiWord.desktop ) - a totally functional Abiword is built without bringing in all sorts of Gnome dependencies, which don't do anything for a KDE-based desktop anyhow - although it looks like perhaps I shouldn't have removed the installation of the .png icon files in that last gnome section. Actually, it looks like there would be no reason not to let that whole third section stay in place. Should the Abiword ebuild only bring in the Gnome dependencies if "gnome" is include in the system's USE settings? It runs nicely in KDE.
I'm confused by this. Why don't you USE="-gnome" emerge abiword?
Good point. I'm new to Gentoo. It looks like that would do the trick. Perhaps the Desktop Configuration Guide should include a note that whichever desktop you install, if you don't want dependencies from the other, you need to put -theother in USE. The USE Variable HOWTO is good on this - but I hadn't studied it closely enough.
