196963 – Unneeded sys-libs/slang-2.1.2 dependency on >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2?

Bug 196963 - Unneeded sys-libs/slang-2.1.2 dependency on >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2?

Summary: Unneeded sys-libs/slang-2.1.2 dependency on >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2?

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	High trivial (vote)
Assignee:	CJK Team

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Reported:	2007-10-24 20:17 UTC by Vladimir G. Ivanovic
Modified:	2008-02-09 14:57 UTC (History)
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Description Vladimir G. Ivanovic 2007-10-24 20:17:10 UTC

slcurses is supposed to be a replacement for ncurses, so why does slang-2.1.1 depend on ncurses? No ncurses library is pulled in by an ebuild and no installed library or executable depends on ncurses.

So, unless I'm missing something, the dependency on sys-libs/ncurses is not needed and can be safely removed.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-10-25 04:51:35 UTC

Completely doesn't matter, sys-libs/ncurses is part of system, you cannot unmerge it (see $PORTDIR/profiles/base/packages)