Bug 337967 – app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs: move x11-libs/openmotif to a separate package due license "issues"

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ulrich Müller 2010-09-18 17:52:43 UTC]

I wonder if the libraries that aren't free software (namely libXm, libMrm, libUil) should be split off to a separate package like emul-linux-x86-motif?

Not all users may like to install a non-free package, and only few of the reverse dependencies require Motif.

[Comment 1 Pacho Ramos 2010-09-18 18:10:23 UTC]

Will try to look at this for the next emul set, I didn't know some users didn't like their licenses :-/

[Comment 2 Ulrich Müller 2010-09-18 20:22:53 UTC]

> I didn't know some users didn't like their licenses :-/

If users have ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE" in their make.conf then they can't install the package without adding it to their package.license file.

I've done a quick scan over the reverse dependencies of emul-linux-x86-xlibs, and I could only find net-misc/icaclient as a package that requires the Motif libraries. Not sure if there are any others.

[Comment 3 Ulrich Müller 2010-10-13 19:57:50 UTC]

Package openmotif-compat has been last-rited.
All OpenMotif libs are in x11-libs/openmotif now:
- SLOT 2.2 for soname 3
- SLOT 0   for soname 4

[Comment 4 Pacho Ramos 2011-01-30 11:19:36 UTC]

Fixed in 20110129