From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5rTW-0003LY-VX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:26:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF1DB1C010; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 03:24:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E0941C010 for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 03:24:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED7951B401D for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 03:24:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -0.881 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.881 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.349, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id IEHA30WZWJLa for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 03:24:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 800FA1B400A for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 03:24:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5rRg-0003s7-EM for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:24:16 +0200 Received: from 68.168.167.146 ([68.168.167.146]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:24:16 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 68.168.167.146 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:24:16 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How to install viewvc w/o apache and related cruft? Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 03:24:04 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20110401224755.41693dd7@digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.168.167.146 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 2a3823a5859d1b1f27f6b519634e61d6 On 2011-04-01, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 20:40:33 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> How do I convince portage that viewvc does not require an external web >> server and I don't want apache or webappconifg installed? > > It's a web app, Yes, it can be a "web app". It can also be run stand-alone using its own web server with no external dependancies other than python and support for the VC system you want to use. It seems a bit un-Gentoo to allow only the former option rather than give the user a choice. > so I'm not surprised it depends on a web server. I am, since it doesn't require a separate web server, it shouldn't depend on a separate web server. > Try putting apache in /etc/portage/profile/package.provided. That seems like a kludge that's likely to cause problems later. ISTM that the ebuild is broken. I'll have to take a shot at fixing the ebuild so it doesn't depend on apache and webapp-config unless you install it USE flags telling it you want it to use apache and webapp-config. -- Grant