[gentoo-user] Re: mcomix (really python)

["Nuno Silva" <nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt>]

On 2023-09-07, Jorge Almeida wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 12:39 PM Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 7 Sept 2023 at 13:12, Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Nope. I don't run a Gnome system, and evince pulls an absurd bunch of
>> dependencies, even with most USE variables unset
>>
>> Sure, which is why I put in that caveat :)
>>
>
> Yes, I understood what you meant. I was just saying that I don't have most
> dependencies installed.
>
>>
>> > why would I need elogind, udisks, polkit, etc. just to read a comic book
>> or view a pdf?
>>
>> I do have elogind because sddm requires it (have been pondering if I
>> should switch), but I don't have udisks or polkit, so those can at
>> least be controlled with some USE variables.
>>
>
> That's curious. I just tried emerge -p evince with all USE variables unset
> and it refuses to comply. Some dependencies suffer from "unmet
> requirements". Never mind. evince was made for Gnome users, which I'm not.
> I'll wait to see what gives re mcomix... (For viewing files for which a
> thumbnails-based index is not a must I'll just stick with zathura.)
>
> Regards
>
> Jorge

There's also for example qcomicbook, if you have Qt on your system.


But this really looks like something to be fixed on the mcomix side. It
has already been fixed in version 2.2.0:

    https://sourceforge.net/p/mcomix/git/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog

If I'm reading correctly, 2.2.1 is in the tree, so you could see if
unmasking that one before it gets stabilized is a possibility.

The relevant change appears to be:

https://sourceforge.net/p/mcomix/git/ci/04785a835b6c0e0782c9d0689686b0c1139febb1/tree/mcomix/run.py?diff=ae7d6a03f001de3241e586b1b285ce624383f344

from https://sourceforge.net/p/mcomix/git/ci/04785a835b6c0e0782c9d0689686b0c1139febb1/

(Which might be useful in case you want to try to add a patch to the
version you currently have installed)


-- 
Nuno Silva