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On 05/12/16 06:13 AM, konsolebox wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> Please consider promoting the use of tinfo flag in packages that |
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> depend on sys-libs/ncurses so that they would synchronize properly |
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> with sys-libs/ncurses[tinfo]. |
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> It could be as simple as: |
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> IUSE="tinfo" |
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> RDEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses[tinfo=]" |
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> |
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> pkg_setup() { |
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> use tinfo && export LDFLAGS="-ltinfo ${LDFLAGS}" LIBS="-ltinfo ${LIBS}" |
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> } |
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> The last line can be changed/enhanced, depending on the package. |
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> It helps keep binaries consistent even if sys-libs/ncurses[-tinfo] |
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> gets recompiled to sys-libs/ncurses[tinfo], because they are forced to |
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> be recompiled. This is better than hard-coded dynamic workarounds. |
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> |
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Should this message perhaps have been directed to a particular set of |
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developers or package maintainers rather than everyone on this list? |
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I'm not sure what our stance is on propagating USE flags to rdeps when |
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the package itself doesn't care (except due to the --libs output |
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changing from pkg-config). I feel that adding tinfo to IUSE the way |
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it's suggested here might be the only technical solution right now, |
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but at the same time it seems like something that might be better |
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suited to something that should be addressed through other mechanisms |
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in a future-EAPI... |
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Note in particular though that the pkg_setup example ISN'T imo a good |
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idea -- rather, pkg-config should be used, as it will return the |
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appropriate --libs output whether ncurses is built with USE=tinfo |
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enabled or not. |
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