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You could add dependencies only if use gtk is set, and/or only install |
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if use gtk is set. |
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Anyway this shouldn't be up to the developer, but there should be a |
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policy for this. |
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Karl Trygve Kalleberg wrote: |
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>I'm working on packaging a system tool called subterfugue [sic]. It can be |
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>thought of as a very jazzed up version of strace. |
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>It is written Python. Some of its operating modes, such as NetThrottle |
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>(sets a limit on the bandwidth a particular process may eat) requires |
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>pygtk, but most (if not all) the other scripts for subterfugue do not. |
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>For sf to depend on pygtk, it will depend on gnome, x11 and a slew of |
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>other packages, even though 95% of sf itself is ideally suited for an |
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>X-free (no X) box. |
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>Merging in pygtk later on makes it work perfectly. |
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>Should I just make a not in post_install() about this, and don't bother |
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>with the pygtk dependency ? |
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>Kind regards, |
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>Karl T |
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