Would it be possible to make the default behavior for 'links' to NOT emerge all of XFree. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
nope, please check your USE flags instead
Does this behavior not make sense, or is this not a capability of the current ebuild system?
makes perfect sense default configuration has X in USE ... links can utilize X ... if you emerge links and dont have -X in your USE, then you get X, end of story