Block evolution from emerging

[satanskin]

Is there a way to prevent GNOME from emerging evolution as a dependancy? I have no use for evolution as I use thunderbird and would like to clean it from my box. Anyone know how to block it? Using packages.mask blocks GNOME from emerging at all so that doesn't work. I just need evolution blocked. And blocking mozilla would help also. Thanks.

Edit: Using the USE flags "-evolution -mozilla" does not work either.

[darker]

You could install it along with GNOME and then remove it later.
Just a thought...

[satanskin]

That's what I've been having to do, but everytime i try to update it throws it back in there. And it gets really annoying to have to keep uninstalling it.

[apmurray]

use gnome-light.
If evolution is the only thing you dont want, do an
emerge --unmerge gnome
emerge gnome-light

emerge -av depclean

then add everything listed to /var/liub/portage/world EXCEPT evolution (and its direct dependencies), and this way you will have a complete GNOME install just minus evo...

[dpetka2001]

EXCEPT evolution (and its direct dependencies)

how can I find out which evolution's direct dependencies are?

[apmurray]

check the ebuild:

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RDEPEND=">=gnome-extra/libgtkhtml-3.6.2
        >=gnome-extra/gal-2.4.2
        >=gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-1.2.2
        >=net-libs/libsoup-2.2
        >=dev-libs/glib-2
        >=dev-libs/libxml2-2
        >=x11-libs/pango-1.8.1
        >=gnome-base/gconf-2
        >=gnome-base/libglade-2
        >=gnome-base/gnome-vfs-2.4
        >=gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.4.2
        >=gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2
        >=gnome-base/libgnome-2
        >=gnome-base/libgnomeui-2
        >=gnome-base/libgnomeprint-2.2
        >=gnome-base/libgnomeprintui-2.2
        >=x11-themes/gnome-icon-theme-1.2
        dev-libs/atk
        >=gnome-base/orbit-2.9.8
        mail-filter/spamassassin
        pda? ( >=app-pda/gnome-pilot-2
                >=app-pda/gnome-pilot-conduits-2 )
        spell? ( >=app-text/gnome-spell-1.0.5 )
        crypt? ( >=app-crypt/gnupg-1.2.2 )
        ssl? ( mozilla? ( www-client/mozilla )
                !mozilla? ( >=dev-libs/nspr-4.4.1
                        >=dev-libs/nss-3.9.2 ) )
        ldap? ( >=net-nds/openldap-2 )
        kerberos? ( virtual/krb5 )
        krb4? ( virtual/krb5 )
        gstreamer? ( =media-libs/gstreamer-0.8*
                =media-libs/gst-plugins-0.8* )
        dbus? ( <sys-apps/dbus-0.30 )
        mono? ( >=dev-lang/mono-1 )"

However, some of these may be used by some of the other stuff that you may still want installed...

[tiredoldcoder]

I've been battling this as well. I tried adding evolution to package.mask I get the following problem:

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#emerge -puv --deep --newuse world

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating world dependencies |
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=mail-client/evolution-2.2.3" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- mail-client/evolution-2.4.1 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
- mail-client/evolution-2.4.0 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
- mail-client/evolution-2.2.3-r3 (masked by: package.mask)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook.
!!!    (dependency required by "gnome-base/gnome-2.10.2" [ebuild])

!!! Problem with ebuild gnome-base/gnome-2.10.2
!!! Possibly a DEPEND/*DEPEND problem.
!!! Depgraph creation failed.

What are our options to build a customized system?

[grimm26]

Personally, I made a custom ebuild on my portage overlay. Also, add -eds to your USE flags in /etc/make.conf:

/usr/portage/profiles/use.desc:eds - Enables support for Evolution-Data-Server(eds)

That will remove dependecies on evolution from gnome-panel and gaim. If you don't have a portage overlay setup, it is easy. Just make this entry in your /etc/make.conf:

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PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"

Or set to whatever dir tickles your fancy. Then do

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mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/gnome-base/gnome
grep -v evolution /usr/portage/gnome-base/gnome/gnome-2.10.2.ebuild \
               > /usr/local/portage/gnome-base/gnome/gnome-2.10.2.ebuild
ebuild /usr/local/portage/gnome-base/gnome/gnome-2.10.2.ebuild digest

gnome 2.10.2 being the current stable release. If that is not the version you have installed, use the ebuild for the version you have. Now, you can

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emerge -C gnome-extra/evolution-data-server mail-client/evolution gnome-extra/evolution-webcal

Do an emerge -uDpv world to make sure it doesn't want evolution back. then do a revdep rebuild to make sure things are hunky dory.
The catch is that you will have to do this as versions of gnome update.