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From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] zeroconf/avahi USE flag
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:45:09
Message-Id: 4910B439.8010308@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] zeroconf/avahi USE flag by Daniel Pielmeier
1 Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
2 > Doug Goldstein schrieb am 04.11.2008 18:11:
3 >
4 >> Hey all,
5 >>
6 >> A few ebuilds treat things differently with regard to this situation and
7 >> it really needs to get rectified.
8 >>
9 >> net-misc/ntp
10 >> zeroconf? ( || ( net-dns/avahi net-misc/mDNSResponder ) )
11 >>
12 >> net-print/cups
13 >> zeroconf? ( !avahi? ( net-misc/mDNSResponder ) )
14 >> avahi? ( net-dns/avahi )
15 >>
16 >> kde-base/kdelibs
17 >> !avahi? ( !bindist? ( net-misc/mDNSResponder !kde-misc/kdnssd-avahi ) )
18 >> avahi? ( kde-misc/kdnssd-avahi )
19 >>
20 >>
21 >> To name a few... the above will cause blockers for people depending on
22 >> their merge order if they have the following in their USE flags.
23 >>
24 >> USE="zeroconf -avahi"
25 >>
26 >>
27 >> Maybe we should clean the whole thing up and do like net-misc/ntp does
28 >> it. Thoughts?
29 >>
30 >>
31 >>
32 >
33 > There is also a bonjour use flag which should be considered.
34 >
35 > pidgin-2.5.2.ebuild: bonjour? ( net-dns/avahi )
36 > bonjour use flag pulls in net-dns/avahi
37 >
38 > squeezecenter-7.2.1.ebuild: bonjour? ( net-misc/mDNSResponder )
39 > bonjour use flag pulls in net-misc/mDNSResponder
40 >
41 > vlc-0.9.5.ebuild: $(use_enable avahi bonjour)
42 > avahi use flag enables bonjour support in vlc. Maybe the avahi flag
43 > should be replaced with zeroconf here too.
44 >
45 > Regards,
46 >
47 > Daniel
48 >
49 >
50 bonjour is Apple specific branding for zeroconf. This is another case
51 that needs to be changed.
52
53 zeroconf/avahi/howl/bonjour/mdnsresponder all need to be condensed.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] zeroconf/avahi USE flag Daniel Gryniewicz <dang@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] zeroconf/avahi USE flag Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com>