Bug 183399

Summary:	net-misc/iputils doesn't install normal documentation unless "doc" USE flag is specified
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	John R. Graham <john_r_graham>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description John R. Graham gentoo-dev

2007-06-27 13:37:51 UTC

The net-misc/iputils ebuild uses the "doc" USE flag to enable the build of the normal documentation (man pages), which is not consistent with the description of the doc USE flag.  The doc USE flag is for extra documentation, not normal documentation.

This is probably the right decision because building the documentation pulls in a rather large dependency chain that's not needed at run time.  However, I think it's worth a friendly elog or ewarn message, since the behavior is (for good reason) contrary to the normal expectation.

Am I off base here?

- John

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-27 13:44:26 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 182742 ***

Comment 2 John R. Graham gentoo-dev

2007-06-27 13:53:27 UTC

Rats.  Sorry, Jakub.

Comment 3 John R. Graham gentoo-dev

2007-06-27 14:04:42 UTC

I spoke too soon.  Jakub, this is not really a duplicate.  It's requesting an elog or ewarn message because of the unexpected behavior, something that isn't mentioned in the other bugs.

Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-27 14:08:04 UTC

Well, then read the fine changelog. Noone reads the elog noise anyway.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 158660 ***