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Bug 152188 - xdmcp use flag?
Summary: xdmcp use flag?
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Other
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2006-10-20 21:46 UTC by Kaiting Chen
Modified: 2006-10-21 00:05 UTC (History)
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Description Kaiting Chen 2006-10-20 21:46:27 UTC 
Maybe we could have a xdmcp use flag to make that optional?
Simply drop the libXdmcp dependency if it's not set in xorg-server, gdm, and maybe other packages.

So:
xdmcp? ( x11-libs/libXdmcp )

should do it.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-10-21 00:05:29 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> xdmcp? ( x11-libs/libXdmcp )
> 
> should do it.

No, it doesn't work that way. Dependencies need to be deterministic, so this only can be done for packages that have a configure option to _not_ compile against x11-libs/libXdmcp when that flag is not set. If you find some, file a bug for that individual ebuild, not a generic one.

Thanks.