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On Saturday 24 February 2007 00:49, Daiajo Tibdixious wrote: |
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[snip: good info re: making a dependency optional] |
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Also, make that, when the use flag is disabled, the package refuses to link |
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against xprintproto. Otherwise, you can have a situation where xprintproto |
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is unmerged by --depclean, but xdpyinfo is using it dispite the -xprint USE |
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flag. |
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E.g. |
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xprintproto is merged as a dependency of X |
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xdpyinfo is merged (-xprint), but finds the appropriate header and links |
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against xprintproto. |
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X is removed. |
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emerge --depclean thinks it can remove xprintproto, since xdpyinfo doesn't |
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depend on it, despite being linked against it. |
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> The compile was clean, the baseline/regression test (rudimentary) worked |
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> well. |
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If the package comes with a testsuite, make sure to run that against both |
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old and new versions and hopefully you get similar results. |
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> So my question is: is this enough to submit as a bug/feature request? |
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Absolutely. I've seen feature requests with much less info that eventually |
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found a sympathetic developer. |
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> I ask because I've submitted quite a few bugs and gotten unpolite |
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> responses on occassion, left out obvious information, and generally |
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> looked like the dumb user I'm tring not to be. |
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Unpolite responses "just happen". The developers and bug-wrangler don't |
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act |
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with a single mind, so the unpolite ones aren't "checked" by the polite |
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ones. |
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In any case, I think you've done most of the work, so it shouldn't be too |
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hard to get your feature-request approved. |
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*DO* give your emerge --info, although it may not seem relevant. |
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*DO* make the bug as a feature request, and set it's priority |
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appropriately. |
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