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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] dev-db/sqlite-3.32.3-r1 requires tcl ?!
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 17:58:47
Message-Id: 20200808175748.GA22830@waltdnes.org
1 I noticed when setting up my notebook that tcl got pulled in. The
2 culprit is dev-db/sqlite-3.32.3-r1. Note the "-tcl" USE flag.
3
4 [thimk][root][~] emerge -pv1 sqlite
5
6 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
7
8 Calculating dependencies... done!
9 [ebuild R ] dev-db/sqlite-3.32.3-r1:3::gentoo USE="readline -debug -doc -icu -secure-delete -static-libs -tcl -test -tools" 0 KiB
10
11 But sqlite-3.32.3-r1.ebuild shows...
12
13 =====================================
14 if [[ "${PV}" == "9999" ]]; then
15 BDEPEND=">=dev-lang/tcl-8.6:0
16 dev-vcs/fossil"
17 else
18 BDEPEND="app-arch/unzip
19 >=dev-lang/tcl-8.6:0"
20 fi
21 =====================================
22
23 Which is it? If tcl is required, then the "tcl" USE flag is misleading
24 and pointless, and should not show up.
25
26 --
27 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
28 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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