Re: [gentoo-alt] qt-4.3.1 dependencies

[Elias Pipping]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:22:36AM +0200, Elias Pipping wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 09:48:22PM +0200, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> > On 18-09-2007 14:54:51 -0500, matt hull wrote:
> > > i was going to install qt and noticed that it has these dependencies:
> > >
> > > >=media-libs/freetype-2
> > > x11-proto/xextproto
> > > dev-util/pkgconfig
> > >
> > > in the past i have compiled and installed qt to /usr/local.  for a native
> > > osx install i didnt think qt had any dependencies.  could anyone explain
> > > why these are needed ?
> >
> > I have /no/ *$!(@>@* clue.  Sorry.
>
> Speaking about qt, there's a problem with fetching it.
>
> I get this:
>
>   !!! Couldn't download 'qt-mac-opensource-src-4.3.1.tar.gz'. Aborting.
>    * Fetch failed for 'x11-libs/qt-4.3.1'
>
> as a result of this:
>
>   --11:16:24--  ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/pub/qt/source/qt-mac-opensource-src-4.3.1.tar.gz
>     (try: 5) => `/Users/pipping/Gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/qt-mac-opensource-src-4.3.1.tar.gz'
>   Connecting to ftp.trolltech.com|62.70.27.67|:21... connected.
>   Logging in as anonymous ...
>   Error in server response, closing control connection.
>   Giving up.
>
> the problem is wget-related:
>
>   % echo $URL
>   ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/pub/qt/source/qt-mac-opensource-src-4.3.1.tar.gz
>
>   % wget $URL
>   [ does not work ]
>
>   % curl -O $URL
>   [ does work ]
>
>
> -- Elias

Hmpf, issue appears not to persist, I must have gotten lucky. More
importantly, qt does not seem to require any of the above dependencies on a
mac.(*)

We might want to consider dropping them... (make platform-specific, that is)


-- Elias

(*) I didn't try without pkgconfig, but since it's only for managing all the
other dependencies, it should be obsolete as well.