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On 19/11/12 02:13, Frank Peters wrote: |
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> Let's consider a case in point from the Gentoo portage tree. |
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> I have lots of ebooks in DJVU format, and I really can appreciate the |
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> excellent DJVU reader called djview. However, the latest update of |
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> djview came as quite a surprise. Apparently, dbus is now required |
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> by Gentoo to build the djview-4.9 package and there is no way to avoid |
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> it. My make.conf file has "-dbus" indicated but that means nothing. |
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> Choice? What choice? No dbus, no djview. |
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> Fortunately, I can compile the djview package myself outside of Gentoo |
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> without using dbus, but the case illustrates the fact that even though |
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> certain options are available these options are being withheld by |
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> the distributors. |
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This would be worthy of a bug report, or at least a discussion with the |
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maintainer. He may not be aware that dbus is not required, or have some |
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logic as to why it has been set as a requirement. If I was in this |
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position and couldn't get the official ebuild modified, I would make a |
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customised ebuild in my local overlay and compile it inside portage but |
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with my ebuild. At least this keeps the system consistent. |
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