350126 – sys-apps/coreutils no longer needs sys-libs/ncurses

Bug 350126 - sys-apps/coreutils no longer needs sys-libs/ncurses

Summary: sys-apps/coreutils no longer needs sys-libs/ncurses

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2010-12-30 07:10 UTC by Jonathan Callen (RETIRED)
Modified:	2010-12-30 17:19 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Jonathan Callen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-12-30 07:10:50 UTC

As there is absolutely no mention of curses or ncurses at all in the source of any of the versions of sys-apps/coreutils currently in the tree, I think the dep can safely be removed as obsolete.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2010-12-30 17:19:04 UTC

no idea when its usage (via termcap) fell out, but it seems to have left long ago ... so punt it i shall

http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.7.ebuild?r1=1.8&r2=1.9
http://sources.gentoo.org/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.8.ebuild?r1=1.1&r2=1.2