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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gupnp enforces connman || networkmanager
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:55:33
Message-Id: 201406152255.11013.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gupnp enforces connman || networkmanager by Mike Gilbert
1 On Sunday 15 Jun 2014 19:27:18 Mike Gilbert wrote:
2 > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
3 wrote:
4 > > I'm at a loss to explain why this is a good idea or desirable:
5 > >
6 > > !!! The ebuild selected to satisfy
7 > > ">=net-libs/gupnp-0.18[abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_
8 > > mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?]" has unmet requirements.
9 > > - net-libs/gupnp-0.20.12-r1::gentoo USE="introspection -connman
10 > > -networkmanager" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7
11 > > -python2_6"
12 > >
13 > > The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied:
14 > > exactly-one-of ( connman networkmanager )
15 > >
16 > > USE="upnp" is pulling this in, the major user of that flag here is
17 > > farstream.
18 > >
19 > > Maybe I want farstream. Maybe I want upnp for it.
20 > > Maybe I don't care for connman or networkmanager (I use wicd, some users
21 > > want no nw manager at all)
22 > >
23 > > So, what is the sense behind a feature of an instant messenger framework
24 > > causing me to decide between two undesirable connection managers?
25 > >
26 > > Anyone see some valid logic that I miss?
27 >
28 > I'm pretty sure this was a simple developer error.
29 >
30 > REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( connman networkmanager )" should have been
31 > REQUIRED_USE="?? ( connman networkmanager )".
32 >
33 > The former requires that exactly one flag be enabled. The latter
34 > requires that at most one flag may be enabled.
35
36 Why "at most one flag may be enabled"? What if *both* connman and
37 networkmanager are installed in a system? Will emerge error out?
38
39 --
40 Regards,
41 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] gupnp enforces connman || networkmanager Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>