I have specified '-X -qt' in make.conf, but it seems that some packages wants X11 regardless of the definitio in make.conf: n22 /usr/portage/app-text/ghostscript # emerge -a cups ghostscript These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] net-print/cups-1.1.23-r1 [ebuild N ] x11-base/opengl-update-2.2.1 [ebuild N ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.3 [ebuild N ] x11-misc/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r3 [ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r1 [ebuild N ] app-arch/rpm2targz-9.0-r2 [ebuild N ] sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.5-r1 [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-200-r3 [ebuild NS ] dev-libs/glib-2.6.3 [ebuild N ] dev-libs/atk-1.9.1 [ebuild N ] x11-libs/pango-1.8.1 [ebuild N ] dev-perl/XML-Parser-2.34 [ebuild N ] dev-util/intltool-0.31.2 [ebuild N ] x11-misc/shared-mime-info-0.16 [ebuild N ] x11-libs/gtk+-2.6.7 [ebuild N ] media-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-std-8.11 [ebuild N ] app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r8 Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No] No Quitting. n22 /usr/portage/app-text/ghostscript # USE=-gtk emerge -a cups ghostscript These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] net-print/cups-1.1.23-r1 [ebuild N ] media-fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-std-8.11 [ebuild N ] app-text/ghostscript-7.07.1-r8 Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No] No Quitting. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Expected Results: '-X' should be enough Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 i686 Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, May 12 2005, 15:19:52)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] 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, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.nutsmaas.nl/gentoo/ http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ ftp://mir1.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups emboss encode fam foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 javascript jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline sdl spell ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts userlocales xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Sorry, nothing we could do about it, you have to set your use flags yourself as needed. This is not a bug.