Bug 24674 – New USE flags: "abook", "nis"/"yp", "finger" for net-mail/lbdb

• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Wolfram Schlich (RETIRED) 2003-07-17 08:27:05 UTC]

I'd like to have new USE flags called "abook", "nis" (or "yp").
The package "net-mail/lbdb" only compiles with abook support (builds specific 
query modules) when it finds abook includes/libraries. I'd like "net-mail/lbdb" 
to depend on "app-misc/abook" when the "abook" USE flag is set.
Same goes for "nis"/"yp" ("net-nds/yp-tools") and "finger" 
("net-misc/netkit-fingerd").

Reproducible: Always
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[Comment 1 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) 2004-01-23 17:36:28 UTC]

assigning back to bugwranglers, not a releng thing

[Comment 2 Byron Clark 2004-03-24 12:45:05 UTC]

A "gpg" USE flag would also be nice.

[Comment 3 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2004-03-27 19:10:28 UTC]

the 'crypt' USE flag should do

[Comment 4 Cory Visi (RETIRED) 2004-06-15 11:38:50 UTC]

As much as this makes sense, the configure script does not support any method of enabling or disabling these features (in fact, it doesn't support enabling or disabled ldap or pda either-- already in the ebuild).  Although I do not agree, I think it is policy not to add USE flags unless the features can be explicately disabled or enabled in the configure scripts.

This is an upstream issue. I think the bug should be closed WONTFIX, and maybe when upstream adds the configure options, we can reopen it.

[Comment 5 Cory Visi (RETIRED) 2004-06-26 10:34:15 UTC]

Wolfram, can you just let me know this is ok? I'd like to close the bug.

[Comment 6 Wolfram Schlich (RETIRED) 2004-06-27 02:09:25 UTC]

well, then we should add "hard" depends to those packages, because otherwise we have unpredictable behavior for the user, until we have an upstream fix.

[Comment 7 Wolfram Schlich (RETIRED) 2005-01-19 14:27:01 UTC]

*push* Cory, please tell me what you think of my proposal.

[Comment 8 Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) 2005-03-01 12:08:45 UTC]

I agree with wschlich. And if we don't want to hard-depend on those packages, at least 'say something' in pkg_setup.

Cheers,
Ferdy

[Comment 9 Wolfram Schlich (RETIRED) 2005-03-01 12:17:29 UTC]

I like the hard deps solution best, because it's the only real
straightforward solution.

[Comment 10 Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) 2005-03-02 04:55:26 UTC]

I'll add a hard-depend on them if no-one says no in a couple of days.

Cheers,
Ferdy

[Comment 11 Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) 2005-03-26 04:24:45 UTC]

I finally patched configure.in to allow enable/disable *some* of the deps... 

crypt, nis, abook and finger support is added through useflags (both enable/disable supported)

lbdb-0.29-r1 is on the CVS. Please test and give feedback, reopen if you see something wrong.

Cheers,
Ferdy

[Comment 12 Wolfram Schlich (RETIRED) 2005-03-26 06:16:06 UTC]

cool, thanks!
will test now.
have you already sent your patch to roland?

[Comment 13 Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) 2005-03-26 08:56:33 UTC]

Yes I did, and after reading his comments I think I'm going to improve it a bit to fit what he actually wants.

Anyway I think the one I commited should work

Cheers,
Ferdy