Bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506176 added gnome-user-share to gnome-extra-apps. This pulls in a load of extra dependencies including a complete install of apache. Could a new USE flag be added to the gnome-extra-apps to disable this addition, in the same way there's already a 'shotwell', 'tracker', and 'games' USE flag.
*** Bug 508530 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Well, other option would be to disable "extras" USE for gnome-base/gnome. But I don't mind any solution as soon as, by default, gnome-user-share ends up being installed to prevent people from seeing some things are not working by default and failing silently (like sending files from phone to PC via bluetooth)
(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #2) > Well, other option would be to disable "extras" USE for gnome-base/gnome. > But I don't mind any solution as soon as, by default, gnome-user-share ends > up being installed to prevent people from seeing some things are not working > by default and failing silently (like sending files from phone to PC via > bluetooth) An additional share USE flag can be made on by default. Therefore most users will have working share functionality. But this could provide a way for those who want to selectively disable this feature for their installation. I for one would be very happy to see such an additional USE flag. Thx: Dw.
Hmm.. AFAIK apache is an *optional* runtime dependency. Can you just drop this dependency from gnome-user-share ebuild and add postinst message? For example, apache is a suggested dependency in Ubuntu [1] and there is no such dependency in Arch [2][3] [1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/gnome-user-share [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10657 [3] https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/repos/extra-x86_64/PKGBUILD?h=packages/gnome-user-share
(In reply to Alexander Tsoy from comment #4) > [3] > https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/repos/extra-x86_64/ > PKGBUILD?h=packages/gnome-user-share Ooops.. There is a dependency on mod_dnssd
(In reply to Alexander Tsoy from comment #5) > (In reply to Alexander Tsoy from comment #4) > > [3] > > https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/repos/extra-x86_64/ > > PKGBUILD?h=packages/gnome-user-share > > Ooops.. There is a dependency on mod_dnssd Yes, and that's exactly the point, Pacho: If the default gnome user sharing experience should require installing apache, something would be seriously amiss. The following is the reason why I masked gnome-extra-apps-3.10.0-r1 on my system: emerge -pv --tree gnome-user-share These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] gnome-extra/gnome-user-share-3.10.2 USE="bluetooth" 375 kB [ebuild N ] www-apache/mod_dnssd-0.6 USE="-doc" 85 kB [ebuild N ] www-servers/apache-2.4.9-r3:2 USE="ldap ssl threads -debug -doc (-selinux) -static -suexec" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic auth_digest authn_alias authn_anon authn_core authn_dbm authn_file authz_core authz_dbm authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif socache_shmcb speling status unique_id unixd userdir usertrack vhost_alias -access_compat -asis -authn_dbd -authz_dbd -cache_disk -cern_meta -charset_lite -dbd -dumpio -ident -imagemap -lbmethod_bybusyness -lbmethod_byrequests -lbmethod_bytraffic -lbmethod_heartbeat -log_forensic -proxy -proxy_ajp -proxy_balancer -proxy_connect -proxy_fcgi -proxy_ftp -proxy_http -proxy_scgi -proxy_wstunnel -ratelimit -remoteip -reqtimeout -slotmem_shm -substitute -version" APACHE2_MPMS="-event -peruser -prefork -worker" 25 kB [ebuild N ] app-admin/apache-tools-2.4.9-r1 USE="ssl" 0 kB Total: 4 packages (4 new), Size of downloads: 484 kB The following USE changes are necessary to proceed: (see "package.use" in the portage(5) man page for more details) # required by gnome-extra/gnome-user-share-3.10.2 # required by gnome-user-share (argument) >=www-servers/apache-2.4.9-r3 apache2_modules_auth_digest
*** Bug 551592 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
A hard dependency on apache is bad enough. A hard dependency on apache *with prefork* like we have added recently is a real problem e.g. for web developers who need threaded apache or php. I am adding a "share" USE flag, enabled by default for now. + 10 Jun 2015; Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org> + gnome-extra-apps-3.14.0-r1.ebuild, gnome-extra-apps-3.16.0.ebuild, + metadata.xml: + Make gnome-user-share optional, we don't want a hard dependency on prefork + apache (bug #508310)
