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Bug 127589 - kpdf ebuild should PROVIDE "virtual/pdfviewer"
Summary: kpdf ebuild should PROVIDE "virtual/pdfviewer"
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo KDE team
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Reported: 2006-03-25 19:36 UTC by Chin Yee
Modified: 2006-03-28 07:43 UTC (History)
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Description Chin Yee 2006-03-25 19:36:05 UTC 
Kpdf is a pdfviewer and there is no need to pull in another pdf viewer like xpdf when one emerge a package that depend on "virtual/pdfviewer".

I therefore propose to have the kpdf ebuild modified to include a line
PROVIDE="virtual/pdfviewer"
Comment 1 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-03-26 07:44:59 UTC 
Regarding KDE apps it should only be a matter how you've configured file associations. Regarding other apps however, all relevant apps would need to be patched to use e.g. a symlink to app X providing virtual V instead either app X, Y or Z hardcoded. Just inventing a virtual does not help anything. 

This is something you can ask for on the gentoo-dev mailing list, but I'm not so sure this is deemed important.

So no - unless there's a Gentoo wide decision to go this way.
Comment 2 Chin Yee 2006-03-26 18:14:41 UTC 
The "virtual/pdfviewer" is already in the portage. At least xpdf ebuild is providing it. Packages like lyx has a dependency on it.