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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] RANT: WTF does a *SPREADSHEET* need SVG and unicode?
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:47:35
Message-Id: 20080114034953.GB20461@waltdnes.org
1 Tried to do an update today. Gnumeric has a new dependancy, namely
2 goffice. Trying to build goffice fails with the following message...
3
4 * Messages for package x11-libs/goffice-0.6.1:
5
6 * Please rebuild x11-libs/cairo with svg support enabled
7 * echo "x11-libs/cairo svg" >> /etc/portage/package.use
8 * emerge -1 x11-libs/cairo
9 * Please rebuild dev-libs/libpcre with unicode support enabled
10 * echo "dev-libs/libpcre unicode" >> /etc/portage/package.use
11 * emerge -1 dev-libs/libpcre
12 *
13 * ERROR: x11-libs/goffice-0.6.1 failed.
14 * Call stack:
15 * ebuild.sh, line 1717: Called dyn_setup
16 * ebuild.sh, line 768: Called qa_call 'pkg_setup'
17 * ebuild.sh, line 44: Called pkg_setup
18 * goffice-0.6.1.ebuild, line 64: Called die
19 * The specific snippet of code:
20 * [ -n "${diemessage}" ] && die ${diemessage}
21 * The die message:
22 * No SVG support found in cairo. No unicode support found in libpcre.
23 *
24 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant.
25 * A complete build log is located at '/var/log/portage/x11-libs:goffice-0.6.1:20080113-232058.log'.
26
27 SVG is an OpenSource replacement for Schlockwave-Trash, to be used for
28 creating singing/dancing webpages. Unicode is great if you're building
29 a desktop for use in the library room of the United Nations. There is
30 no real need for it on a single-language desktop machine. Can someone
31 explain the so-called "logic" behind these mandatory dependancies *IN A
32 SPREADSHEET*? Is there a way to to modify the ebuild to remove the
33 dependancies without blowing up the compile?
34
35 One reason that linux has finally started to come into its own is that
36 it can fit onto under-specced machines like the OLPC and Asus EEE, on
37 which XP has trouble fitting, and Vista is "totally fuggedaboutit".
38 That advantage risks being ruined if we follow the "Windows Disease" and
39 insist on unnecessarily bloating basic apps.
40
41 --
42 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
43 I'm not repeating myself
44 I'm an X Window user... I'm an ex-Windows-user
45 --
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] RANT: WTF does a *SPREADSHEET* need SVG and unicode? Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs.ext@×××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] RANT: WTF does a *SPREADSHEET* need SVG and unicode? Renat Golubchyk <ragermany@×××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] RANT: WTF does a *SPREADSHEET* need SVG and unicode? Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] RANT: WTF does a *SPREADSHEET* need SVG and unicode? "b.n." <brullonulla@×××××.com>