Bug 288283 – sci-visualization/mayavi-3.3.0 should have wxwidgets USE flag

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Peter Alexander 2009-10-09 11:12:41 UTC]

The ebuild required dev-python/wxpython as an RDEPEND which is incorrect. Either Qt4 or WxPython can be used. Attached below in the comment section is a patch to correct this.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge mayavi
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Failed to build do to the wxGTK dependency refusing to build

[Comment 1 Peter Alexander 2009-10-09 11:15:32 UTC]

Created attachment 206517 [details, diff]
Fixes broken ebuild

wxpython should be included as a USE flag and should be optional as an RDEPEND. Qt4 _or_ WxPthon can be used.

[Comment 2 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2009-10-09 16:56:46 UTC]

There is already global "wxwidgets" USE flag, which can be used for this package.

[Comment 3 Sébastien Fabbro (RETIRED) 2009-10-09 17:10:14 UTC]

mayavi used to require wxpython even when the qt4 widget was selected (bug #266799). Have you actually checked upstream the qt4 backend to be independent?

[Comment 4 Sébastien Fabbro (RETIRED) 2010-01-06 02:39:37 UTC]

The patch proposed won't resolve the issue. This is an upstream problem, they need to provide a wxwindows free version of mayavi2.