Bugzilla Bug 193453

The ebuilds both try to install /usr/bin/qalculate as a symlink to
/usr/bin/qalculate-{kde,gtk}.

No regressions were found in either program when removing the symlink.

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Portage 2.1.3.9 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4,
2.6.22-gentoo-r5 x86_64)
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System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology
TL-50
Timestamp of tree: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:20:01 +0000
distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632)
[enabled]
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p17
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r5
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r7
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake:  1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.21
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -msse3 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf
/etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/
/etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo
/etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -msse3 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="buildsyspkg ccache collision-protect distcc distlocks
metadata-transfer multilib-strict sandbox sfperms sign strict test
unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo
ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/
ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo
ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo
ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo
ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/
ftp://ftp.gentoo.mesh-solutions.com/gentoo/
ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ "
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress
--force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180
--exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages
--filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac aalib acl acpi alsa amd64 apache2 arts bash-completion
bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdda cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib crypt cups cvs dbus
directfb divx dri dts dvd dvdnav dvdr dvdread emerald encode exif fbcon ffmpeg
firefox ftp fuse gdbm gif glitz glut gmail gnutls gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal
history httpd iconv icq imagemagick imap isdnlog jabber jack jpeg jpeg2k kde
kdm keyring lm_sensors maildir mbox midi mime mmx mod mp3 mpd mpeg mplayer
mudflap musepack mysql mysqli ncurses network nntp nptl nptlonly nsplugin
nvidia ogg opengl openmp oscar pam pcmcia pcre pdf php png pop pppd python qt3
qt4 readline reflection rtsp sdl sdl-image session shout skins smp spl sql sse
sse2 ssl statistics stream subversion svg symlink tcpd test tetex threads tiff
truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb v4l vcd vim-syntax vlm vorbis
webdav widescreen wifi wxwindows x264 xcomposite xinerama xml xorg xosd
xscreensaver xvid zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw
asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa
lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol"
ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux"
LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses
text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS,
PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

Created an attachment (id=131642) [details]
patch for the qalculate-kde ebuild

Created an attachment (id=131644) [details]
patch for the qalculate-gtk ebuild

Hi Torsten,

Thanks for the note! I was (sort of) aware if this,
but somehow my underlying assumption always
was that users would install either the kde or gtk
ebuild but not both, since they both offer exactly the
same functionality (even though the ebuilds currently
don't explicitly disallow it). So the question would
be should be disallow installing both at the same
time or get rid of the (convenient) link as you suggested?
I've no real preference, to be honest.

Thanks,
Markus

I only noticed the issue because I was testing all the qalculate stuff, it's
really unlikely that someone wants to actually use both packages. Yet it is
possible. A blocking dependency would be overkill IMO and the symlink isn't
used by either .desktop file, so most users will start the qalculate-{gtk,kde}
executable directly anyway. That's why I opted for removing the symlink.

I've added a patch for each ebuild removing the link to qalculate.

Thanks,
Markus