The ebuilds for x11-libs/gtk+-2.8.Y where Y is 17, 18, or 19 all use "inherit virtualx". Thus, whenever "X" is in USE, they depend on x11-base/xorg-server. However, they don't actually use the features of virtualx unless "test" is in FEATURES. Thus, they should not depend on x11-base/xorg-server in this case. I have a machine that does not run an X server but runs X clients that use GTK+, and so portage is now trying to pull in xorg-server even though it is not needed (it is not used for building or running the GTK+ library). Can you help?
echo "x11-libs/gtk+ -X" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords. FEATURES don't turn use flags on/off, and we don't have per-package features yet.
Meh... echo "x11-libs/gtk+ -X" >> /etc/portage/package.use (not package.keywords) will obviously work better, and I need coffee.
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