When I "emerge -p postgresql", I get: (/home/joed)#emerge -p postgresql These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] media-libs/freetype-2.1.4 [ebuild N ] x11-misc/ttmkfdir-3.0.9 [ebuild N ] x11-base/opengl-update-1.5 [ebuild N ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.1 [ebuild N ] app-arch/unzip-5.50-r2 [ebuild N ] x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r3 [ebuild N ] dev-lang/tk-8.3.4-r1 [ebuild U ] dev-db/postgresql-7.3.4-r1 [7.3.4] This machine is a server, and does not have X installed. I think it may have something to do with needing tk. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -p postgresql 2. 3. Actual Results:
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