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Bug 386713 - kdebase-startkde dependency Change to kdebase-runtime-meta
Summary: kdebase-startkde dependency Change to kdebase-runtime-meta
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] KDE (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo KDE team
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Reported: 2011-10-11 06:27 UTC by Gino McCarty
Modified: 2011-10-12 18:41 UTC (History)
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Description Gino McCarty 2011-10-11 06:27:45 UTC 
[ebuild  N    ~] kde-base/attica-4.7.2  USE="(-aqua) -debug (-kdeenablefinal)" 0 kB
[ebuild  N    ~] kde-base/kdebase-runtime-meta-4.7.2  USE="(-aqua) -handbook -semantic-desktop" 0 kB
[ebuild  N    ~] kde-base/kdebase-startkde-4.7.2  USE="(-aqua) (-kdeenablefinal) -wallpapers" 0 kB

It doesn't seem to me that kdebase-startkde should require kdebase-runtime-meta in order to install.. I want to run my kde without several apps such as attica that are bundled into the runtime meta..

Can these be seperated (kdebase-startkde-4.7.2 dependency on kdebase-runtime-meta-4.7.2)???

Thanks!
Comment 1 Maciej Mrozowski gentoo-dev 2011-10-12 17:54:14 UTC 
Err.. no.

But if you disagree, please go ahead and put kde-base/kdebase-runtime-meta-0 in /etc/portage/profile/package.provided, but do NOT report any dependency issues you may (and you will) encounter afterwards.
Comment 2 Gino McCarty 2011-10-12 17:58:39 UTC 
Ok well, maybe you can explain this dependency to me? since the files in each package are not actually "dependent" on eachother..
Comment 3 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-10-12 18:41:58 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Ok well, maybe you can explain this dependency to me? since the files in each
> package are not actually "dependent" on eachother..

The issue is that upstream developers assume everyone has kdebase-runtime-meta installed (and more), so if you don't have it, applications may (and will) fail in silent or inexplicable ways.