Bug 302692

Summary:	dev-java/icedtea6 [overlay] should depend on virtual/libffi, not sys-devel/gcc[libffi]
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Marek Sapota <marek>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Java team <java>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	gnu_andrew
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Marek Sapota 2010-01-28 22:11:09 UTC

dev-java/icedtea6 requires gcc[libffi], shouldn't that be virtual/libffi?

Reproducible: Always




Ebuild is in java overlay.

Comment 1 Vlastimil Babka (Caster) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-01-29 08:55:07 UTC

Andrew: any idea if icedtea6 doesn't care whether libffi is part of gcc or standalone library?

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-02-02 19:01:20 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Andrew: any idea if icedtea6 doesn't care whether libffi is part of gcc or
> standalone library?
> 

The standalone libffi merges changes to gcc, and otherway around, this was just done for 3.0.9 release.

Please just make it use virtual/libffi, and check how that is done in other reverse deps as you might need something like

append-cflags $(pkg-config --cflags-only-I libffi) in the ebuild

Comment 3 Vlastimil Babka (Caster) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-02-04 15:42:49 UTC

Fixed in icedtea-6.1.7. No special fiddling was needed in the end.