thomas@localhost ~ $ USE="nsplugin" emerge -pv sun-jdk These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.02 [1.6.0-r2] USE="X alsa -doc -examples -jce (-nsplugin)" 34,831 kB Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 34,831 kB thomas@localhost ~ $ USE="nsplugin" emerge -pv sun-jre-bin These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.6.0.02 USE="X alsa (-nsplugin)" 34,831 kB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 34,831 kB thomas@localhost ~ $ USE="nsplugin" emerge -pv blackdown-jre These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] dev-java/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.03-r14 USE="(-nsplugin)" 12,889 kB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 12,889 kB