root@/etc> use="-apache2" emerge -upv asterisk These are the packages that I would merge, in order: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild U ] dev-libs/expat-1.95.8 [1.95.7-r1] -makecheck 310 kB [ebuild N ] net-www/apache-2.0.51-r1 +berkdb -debug -doc +gdbm -ipv6 -ldap +ssl -static -threads 6,585 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/newt-0.50.35-r3 103 kB [ebuild N ] media-sound/mpg123-0.59s-r4 -3dnow +esd -mmx -nas +oss 239 kB [ebuild N ] sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r7 -build -doc -ultra1 35,072 kB [ebuild N ] net-misc/zaptel-1.0.0 -devfs26 289 kB [ebuild N ] net-libs/libpri-1.0.0 48 kB [ebuild N ] net-libs/zapata-1.0.0 72 kB [ebuild N ] net-misc/asterisk-1.0.0 +alsa -apache2 -doc +gtk -mmx -mysql -nopri -nozaptel 10,993 kB Total size of downloads: 53,715 kB root@/etc>