Bug 442350 – net-misc/tor should RDEPEND on net-proxy/tsocks

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Sobhan Mohammadpour (RETIRED) 2012-11-08 15:11:59 UTC]

i think to use tor you need net-proxy/tsocks so you can use it i think i should be added as a dep acording to http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Tor

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Anthony Basile 2012-11-08 16:02:55 UTC]

(In reply to comment #0)
> i think to use tor you need net-proxy/tsocks so you can use it i think i
> should be added as a dep acording to http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Tor
> 
> Reproducible: Always

1) You should use torsocks, not tsocks.  tsocks is known to leak info.

2) You can use tor without either so its not really a dependency.  Neither a DEPEND nor an RDEPEND.  So we must allow the user the option to install tor without it.  Adding the dependency would break that option.

[Comment 2 Sobhan Mohammadpour (RETIRED) 2012-11-08 17:05:30 UTC]

can you put a massage for the ebuild that will say you may need a sock client?