352075 – sys-devel/gcc-config-1.4.1 Weird and probably unnecessary dependency on sys-apps/openrc

Bug 352075 - sys-devel/gcc-config-1.4.1 Weird and probably unnecessary dependency on sys-apps/openrc

Summary: sys-devel/gcc-config-1.4.1 Weird and probably unnecessary dependency on sys-a...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	High QA (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2011-01-18 23:55 UTC by 404 Error
Modified:	2012-02-23 19:31 UTC (History)
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Description 404 Error 2011-01-18 23:55:39 UTC

At the beginning of the ebuild a DEPEND is put on sys-apps/openrc.

A reason for that ? Else is probably totally useless, I don't see the relationship between a script that selects a compiler version and the scripts used at system startup.

Comment 1 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester

2011-01-19 01:04:30 UTC

uhm???

% grep openrc /usr/portage/sys-devel/gcc-config/gcc-config-1.4.1.ebuild
% (nothing)

Closing for now, reopen with more details.

Comment 2 Canek Peláez Valdés 2012-02-23 16:38:38 UTC

From /usr/bin/gcc-config, lines 8-12:


argv0=${0##*/}
source /etc/init.d/functions.sh || {
        echo "${argv0}: Could not source /etc/init.d/functions.sh!"
        exit 1
}

This creates an implicit dependency from openrc, even if it is not explicitly stated in the ebuild. As far as I can see, gcc-config only uses the functions from functions.sh to use things like ewarn and eerror, but if openrc is not installed, gcc-config just fails at runtime.

Comment 3 Canek Peláez Valdés 2012-02-23 19:31:35 UTC

Sorry the noise, I just found Bug #373219.