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Bug 183399 - net-misc/iputils doesn't install normal documentation unless "doc" USE flag is specified
Summary: net-misc/iputils doesn't install normal documentation unless "doc" USE flag i...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 158660
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal minor (vote)
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Reported: 2007-06-27 13:37 UTC by John R. Graham
Modified: 2007-06-27 14:08 UTC (History)
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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 ***