293538 – net-misc/wicd: the X interface should be optional

Bug 293538 - net-misc/wicd: the X interface should be optional

Summary: net-misc/wicd: the X interface should be optional

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2009-11-17 20:20 UTC by William Hubbs
Modified:	2009-12-01 01:31 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description William Hubbs gentoo-dev

2009-11-17 20:20:01 UTC

I was looking into installing wicd on my system, and I noticed that it wants
to pull in several dependencies which I do not need because I do not run X.

I see that the ncurses interrface is controlled by a use flag, can the X
interface also be controlled by a use flag so that the extra libraries, etc,
are not installed unless they are needed?

Thanks,

William

Comment 1 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester

2009-11-22 21:01:50 UTC

IUSE=X sounds like a good choice. Can you look into if this is possible?

Comment 2 Nikolaj Šujskij 2009-11-29 12:33:25 UTC

I think IUSE="gtk" would be better — some people could want to run wicd in GTKless environment in X

Comment 3 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester

2009-12-01 01:31:44 UTC

+  01 Dec 2009; Jeremy Olexa <darkside@gentoo.org> -wicd-1.5.9-r1.ebuild,
+  -wicd-1.6.2.ebuild, wicd-1.6.2.2.ebuild, +wicd-1.7.0_alpha1.ebuild,
+  metadata.xml:
+  Removed old versions. Limit urwid dep on 1.6.2.2 (bug #295033). Version
+  bump to 1.7.0_alpha1 which has major tray changes and many minor changes
+  including an ability to not install the gtk UI (bug #293538)

USE=gtk is enabled by default because I feel like that has the most users. Test and open new bugs as needed.