97366 2005-06-28 20:33 0000 dev-java/struts needs to be slotted 2005-09-20 10:59:15 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Ebuilds 2005.0 All Other RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 nichoj@gentoo.org java@gentoo.org nichoj@gentoo.org 2005-06-28 20:33:12 0000 It seems that struts-1.1.x and struts-1.2.x are not library compatible. I found this out when I noticed that tomcat depends on =1.1* being installed, and I had 1.2 installed at the time. I tried changing the tomcat ebuild, but it failed at some point when dealing with struts (I don't have any logs at the moment). I also encountered this with my work with the spring-framework. I was using struts-1.2 when I was writing the ebuild. Since then, I downgraded to 1.1 for tomcat. Where it worked fine with 1.2, now I get compile errors dealing with struts again: [javac] Found 3 semantic errors compiling "/var/tmp/portage/spring-framework-1.2.1/work/spring-framework-1.2.1/src/org/springframework/web/struts/MappingDispatchActionSupport.java": [javac] 24. import org.apache.struts.actions.MappingDispatchAction; [javac] ^---------------------------------------------^ [javac] *** Semantic Error: The import "org/apache/struts/actions/MappingDispatchAction" is not valid, since it does not name a type in a package. [javac] 62. public abstract class MappingDispatchActionSupport extends MappingDispatchAction { [javac] ^-------------------^ [javac] *** Semantic Error: A candidate for type "MappingDispatchAction" was found, but it is invalid and needs to be fixed before this type will successfully compile. [javac] 75. super.setServlet(actionServlet); [javac] ^-----------------------------^ [javac] *** Semantic Error: No accessible method with signature "setServlet(org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet)" was found in type "java.lang.Object". So, this leads me to the conclusion that 1.2 should be slotted as such. dnellans@cs.utah.edu 2005-07-30 16:25:40 0000 I agree they should be slotted, its installed as a dependancy of two different packages for me so everytime i update world it bounces back and forth from 1.2 to downgrade to 1.1, to upgrade, to downgrade. slotting would solve the problem completely. betelgeuse@gentoo.org 2005-09-20 10:59:15 0000 Struts has now been slotted in the official tree. Thanks for reporting.