The ebuild for XFCE 4.2 appears to ignore the value of the "doc" USE flag and bring in the documentation requirements anyway. Unfortunately, this includes a large number of libraries, which kind of defeats the mean-and-lean nature of XFCE. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 0. (In my case, I am upgrading from XFCE 4.0.6.) 1. USE="-doc" emerge -pv xfce-base/xfwm4 (I am aware that temporary use flags are bad practice, but this is only for a --pretend. Also note that xfce-base/xfce4-base is out of date and won't get you 4.2.) Because "doc" is not set on my machine, I get the same results without explicitly stating 'USE="-doc"'. Actual Results: panther root # USE="-doc" emerge -pv xfce-base/xfwm4 These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] x11-themes/gtk-engines-xfce-2.2.5 [2.1.7] 0 kB [ebuild N ] app-text/sgml-common-0.6.3-r4 74 kB [ebuild N ] app-text/opensp-1.5-r1 +nls 1,257 kB [ebuild N ] app-text/openjade-1.3.2-r1 -debug 873 kB [ebuild N ] app-text/docbook-sgml-dtd-3.0-r2 42 kB [ebuild NS ] app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.1.2-r5 73 kB [ebuild N ] app-text/docbook-dsssl-stylesheets-1.77-r2 385 kB [ebuild N ] dev-util/gtk-doc-1.2-r1 -emacs 131 kB [ebuild U ] xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.2.0 [4.0.6] -debug -doc 308 kB [ebuild U ] xfce-base/libxfcegui4-4.2.0 [4.0.6] -debug -doc 602 kB [ebuild U ] xfce-base/libxfce4mcs-4.2.0 [4.0.6] -debug -doc 256 kB [ebuild U ] xfce-base/xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.0 [4.0.6] -debug -doc 395 kB [ebuild U ] xfce-base/xfwm4-4.2.0 [4.0.6] -debug -doc 856 kB Expected Results: Not included any of: sgml-common, opensp, openjade, docbook, gtk-doc. These libraries/tools are only needed for the documentation. panther root # emerge info Portage 2.0.51-r15 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20040808- r1, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4 [2.3.4 (#1, Oct 17 2004, 13:22:49)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.19-r1, 2.4.21-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/ X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/ dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/ config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/ http://mirrors.sec.informatik. tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aalib alsa apm avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups curl dga divx4linux f77 fbcon flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 guile ipv6 jack jack-tmpfs java jikes jpeg libcaca libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mng motif mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pcmcia pdflib perl png pnp postgres python qt quicktime readline ruby sdl slang spell sse ssl svg tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb wmf wxwindows xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
I think I got it fixed thanks