Bug 125054 – Missing dep on dev-libs/libxml2

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) 2006-03-05 01:41:34 UTC]

Hi,

The first time you run repoman on a new Gentoo system, repoman complains about a missing xmllint.

Repoman requires the xmllint utility, which is installed by dev-libs/libxml2.  The dep for libxml2 is missing.

Best regards,
Stu

[Comment 1 Brian Harring (RETIRED) 2006-03-05 02:58:44 UTC]

Repoman shouldn't require it; it's optional support.

For commiting, requires it- for scanning, shouldn't.  Additionally, since repoman is part of portage, it was designed this way so that we weren't stuck forcing a dep on libxml2 (which would drive the crappy resolver nuts).

[Comment 2 Alec Warner (RETIRED) 2006-10-27 19:17:32 UTC]

Our resolver sucks less now; i say we add this?

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2006-10-27 19:20:32 UTC]

no, forcing all users of Gentoo to have libxml2 installed on their system is wrong

[Comment 4 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2007-01-11 10:29:54 UTC]

I'd only support it as a conditional dep (with a developer use flag or so) or if repoman is split out into its own package or moved into gentoolkit-dev.

[Comment 5 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-11-05 00:56:45 UTC]

So, WONTFIX or what's up here? Unconditional is a baaad idea.

[Comment 6 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2008-03-02 15:31:13 UTC]

Wontfix it is.