Bug 238619 – net-misc/rdesktop as run-time dependency is missing from kde-base/krdc

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description René Rhéaume (a.k.a. repzilon, rener) 2008-09-25 01:11:20 UTC]

krdc requires rdesktop at run-time to work. However, it is not pulled when you emerge it. You have to emerge rdesktop. I learned it from a message box shown by krdc.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge krdc
2.Start krdc to connect a Windows Remote Desktop/Terminal Services environment
3.Read the message box 

Actual Results:  
A message box saying rdesktop is not installed is displayed.

Expected Results:  
I immediately connect to the remote environment.

[Comment 1 René Rhéaume (a.k.a. repzilon, rener) 2008-09-25 01:11:43 UTC]

Created attachment 166346 [details]
emerge --info

[Comment 2 Azamat H. Hackimov 2008-09-26 06:30:58 UTC]

Did you added USE-flag "rdesktop" when emerging krdc?

[Comment 3 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) 2008-10-11 20:08:19 UTC]

Straight from the krdc-4.1.2.ebuild.
This is an optional run-time dep and our policy has been not adding those to the depend list.


pkg_postinst() {
        elog "If you want to use the remote desktop protocol (RDP) install >=net-misc/rdesktop-1.4.1"
}