Bug 344385 – xfce-base/thunar-1.1.4 requires gnome-base/gvfs[gdu]

• Status: VERIFIED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Darren Smith 2010-11-06 14:28:40 UTC]

Can the gdu USE flag of gnome-base/gvfs be removed from the thunar-1.1.4 dependency list? It pulls in a number of dependencies I'd like to avoid and doesn't seem to be required (thunar builds/runs without it). If not, can you please explain why it is necessary. Thanks!

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2010-11-06 14:47:07 UTC]

No, it can't be removed. Thunar is using gvfs with gnome-disk-utility for remote filesystems / disks. It won't work without.

[Comment 2 Darren Smith 2010-11-06 18:09:56 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> No, it can't be removed. Thunar is using gvfs with gnome-disk-utility for
> remote filesystems / disks. It won't work without.
IMO, there should be a USE flag added to Thunar if that's the only reason. I can't imagine a majority of users requiring remote filesystem/disk support.

[Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2010-11-07 09:23:26 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > No, it can't be removed. Thunar is using gvfs with gnome-disk-utility for
> > remote filesystems / disks. It won't work without.
> IMO, there should be a USE flag added to Thunar if that's the only reason. I
> can't imagine a majority of users requiring remote filesystem/disk support.
> 

There is a USE flag, it's called "udev"

[Comment 4 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2010-11-07 10:17:10 UTC]

to clarify: The udev support in thunar doesn't do anything useful without gvfs built with gnome-disk-utility support, therefore it's all wrapped under one single "udev" USE flag.