From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HKuV0-0002Ia-LJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:51:31 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l1OAlgY0030034; Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:47:42 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l1OAlfEA029989 for ; Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:47:41 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AEA8195C9 for ; Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:47:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id NsidhqGzDktb for ; Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:47:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net (adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.205]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C47E1955D for ; Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:47:40 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Tracking down dependencies - x11-proto/printproto x11-apps/xdpyinfo Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:47:40 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-UID: 15 X-Length: 2466 X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3531514.aGFk05PFHn"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200702240447.40236.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Archives-Salt: b9bbcc17-035a-4219-962c-ad80ebe95d3c X-Archives-Hash: 7a503115e7ae19b16a88c5d1aca3f330 --nextPart3531514.aGFk05PFHn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 24 February 2007 00:49, Daiajo Tibdixious wrote: [snip: good info re: making a dependency optional] Also, make that, when the use flag is disabled, the package refuses to link= =20 against xprintproto. Otherwise, you can have a situation where xprintproto= =20 is unmerged by --depclean, but xdpyinfo is using it dispite the -xprint USE= =20 flag. E.g. xprintproto is merged as a dependency of X xdpyinfo is merged (-xprint), but finds the appropriate header and links=20 against xprintproto. X is removed. emerge --depclean thinks it can remove xprintproto, since xdpyinfo doesn't= =20 depend on it, despite being linked against it. > The compile was clean, the baseline/regression test (rudimentary) worked > well. If the package comes with a testsuite, make sure to run that against both=20 the=20 old and new versions and hopefully you get similar results. > So my question is: is this enough to submit as a bug/feature request? Absolutely. I've seen feature requests with much less info that eventually= =20 found a sympathetic developer.=20 > I ask because I've submitted quite a few bugs and gotten unpolite > responses on occassion, left out obvious information, and generally > looked like the dumb user I'm tring not to be. Unpolite responses "just happen". The developers and bug-wrangler don't=20 act=20 with a single mind, so the unpolite ones aren't "checked" by the polite=20 ones. =20 In any case, I think you've done most of the work, so it shouldn't be too=20 hard to get your feature-request approved. *DO* give your emerge --info, although it may not seem relevant. *DO* make the bug as a feature request, and set it's priority=20 appropriately. =2D-=20 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,=3D ,-_-. =3D.=20 bss03@volumehost.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-'=20 http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ =20 New GPG Key! Old key expires 2007-03-25. Upgrade NOW! --nextPart3531514.aGFk05PFHn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBF4BfM55pqL7G1QFkRAl84AJ423ImwM9UV+mnqmyMeFCxAYfZb7QCeP9C2 5RvT5HKT40BHsjPQChDvIss= =cizU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3531514.aGFk05PFHn-- -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list