272395 – sys-apps/less - ebuild doesn't need ncurses

Bug 272395 - sys-apps/less - ebuild doesn't need ncurses

Summary: sys-apps/less - ebuild doesn't need ncurses

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2009-06-03 09:49 UTC by jan vereecke
Modified:	2009-06-04 05:48 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description jan vereecke 2009-06-03 09:49:01 UTC

According to the homepage of less, there is no dependency of less on ncurses. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
grep ncurses /usr/portage/sys-apps/less/ show a dependency on ncurses.


Expected Results:  
there should be no 'DEPEND' line in the ebuild. Probably this depend has been added because of the lines
        export ac_cv_lib_ncursesw_initscr=$(yesno unicode)
        export ac_cv_lib_ncurses_initscr=$(yesno !unicode)

These lines can stay in the ebuild, even if ncurses is not available on the platform.

Comment 1 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester

2009-06-03 13:07:44 UTC

Isn't ldd correct?

%% ldd /usr/bin/less
        linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fffde3fe000)
        libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007f5cd5da9000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f5cd5a54000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f5cd5850000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f5cd6011000)

%% qfile libncursesw.so.5
sys-libs/ncurses (/lib64/libncursesw.so.5)

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2009-06-04 05:48:33 UTC

less needs a terminal library.  ncurses is the only realistic option for Gentoo systems.