50423 2004-05-07 17:48 0000 LyX ebuild dependencies are incorrect 2004-10-25 01:25:30 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 dan.devel@bullok.com text-markup@gentoo.org printing@gentoo.org dan.devel@bullok.com 2004-05-07 17:48:09 0000 The LyX ebuild depends on app-text/xpdf app-text/gv But it doesn't actually need these programs. They are viewers, and any old ps/pdf viewers will do in their place. In fact, no viewer is really REQUIRED to use LyX. There are lots of viewers/translators for various file formats that are not listed as LyX requirements. For example,The default viewer for html is mozilla, but mozilla is not required to use LyX - any html browser will do (or no browser at all, if you don't plan to make html files). I think the above requirements should be removed, or replaced with virtual/pdfviewer, virtual/psviewer or something like that. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge lyx Actual Results: gv and xpdf are merged, then lyx Expected Results: only lyx should be merged usata@gentoo.org 2004-05-09 10:30:49 0000 printing herd: any thoughts about it? I personally think such virtuals are useful. For example, lyx detects acroread, gv, ghostview and xpdf for PDF previewer, and gv and ghostview for PS previewer. (We may add app-text/gpdf to virtual/pdfviewer, and app-text/pspresent and app-text/ggv to virtual/psviewer) lanius@gentoo.org 2004-07-05 05:06:51 0000 i like the idea. ke.b@wanadoo.fr 2004-10-21 13:26:33 0000 even more worse ! emerge xpdf installs openmotif which (for me) is an expansive build. But strange - a qpkg -q openmotif shows neither one program in need ! Also equery depgraph xpdf - nothing !! But emerge xpdf => 1.[N openmotif-x.y.z] !!! On the other hand . who is running lyx does usually have a runnig X. And there are a lot more dependencies for that. Also strange - qpkg -q gv on my system does not show one programm i have installed (lyx of course - but gv was there before). But it was installed as dependency of anything. Bugs ??? I would agree in putting both of them into a virtual requirement. lanius@gentoo.org 2004-10-24 16:04:11 0000 so we just need someone to do the work ;D usata@gentoo.org 2004-10-24 23:49:52 0000 I'll do this then ;-) usata@gentoo.org 2004-10-25 01:25:30 0000 Fixed in CVS.