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Bug 153520 - Need to add glibc as a dependency for sys-apps/inputd
Summary: Need to add glibc as a dependency for sys-apps/inputd
Status: VERIFIED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2006-10-31 00:20 UTC by N. Dan Smith
Modified: 2006-10-31 08:40 UTC (History)
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Description N. Dan Smith 2006-10-31 00:20:22 UTC
Per the developers documentaiton (http://hansmi.ch/software/inputd), inputd requires glibc version 2.4 or higher.  glibc is not listed as a dependency in the version 0.0.5 ebuild.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-10-31 00:44:49 UTC
No, it needs libc w/ inotify support, which you'll by compiling glibc against appropriate linux-headers version. There's no way to state such dependency, and the ebuild already depends on necessary linux-headers version.
Comment 2 N. Dan Smith 2006-10-31 08:34:10 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> No, it needs libc w/ inotify support, which you'll by compiling glibc against
> appropriate linux-headers version. There's no way to state such dependency, and
> the ebuild already depends on necessary linux-headers version.
> 
Then perhaps can we add a note to the end of the ebuild which informs the user that glibc is required and may have to be remerged?
Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-10-31 08:40:17 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Then perhaps can we add a note to the end of the ebuild which informs the user
> that glibc is required and may have to be remerged?

You've missed the point. It doesn't require glibc, it can work w/ any libc (like uclibc and others) that supports appropriate inotify stuff (inotify_add_watch, inotify_rm_watch etc.)