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On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 7:32 PM Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> wrote: |
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> On July 28, 2020 9:57:44 PM EDT, Gordon Pettey <petteyg359@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >That dependency is only if USE="-gnuefi". sys-boot/gnu-efi has no |
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> >Python |
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> >dependency. Instead of masking/removing refind, remove the USE flag and |
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> >force the gnu-efi dependency, or reverse the condition, add |
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> >IUSE="tianocore", and mask that USE flag. |
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> >On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 7:06 PM Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 04:55:57PM -0700, Matt Turner wrote: |
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> >> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 4:17 PM Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> |
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> >wrote: |
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> >> > > sys-boot/refind |
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> >> > |
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> >> > How did you conclude that this package depends on Python at all? |
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> >> > |
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> >> Hi, Matt. It has a dependency on sys-boot/udk which was masked due to |
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> >> using py2.7 only. Hope that helps. |
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> >> |
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> >> -- |
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> >> Cheers, |
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> >> Aaron |
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> >> |
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> That is for the maintainer to decide. Hence, all the previous discussions surrounding this topic. It is a massive undertaking to remove py2.7 from the tree. |
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You've made a very strong case for filing bugs and asking maintainers |
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to figure out what to do before masking packages for removal. |
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