580660 – x11-libs/vte: possibly unnecessary dependency on dev-lang/vala

Bug 580660 - x11-libs/vte: possibly unnecessary dependency on dev-lang/vala

Summary: x11-libs/vte: possibly unnecessary dependency on dev-lang/vala

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team

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Reported:	2016-04-20 17:08 UTC by Mario Kicherer
Modified:	2016-07-30 19:39 UTC (History)
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Description Mario Kicherer 2016-04-20 17:08:36 UTC

x11-libs/vte has a vala use flag but even if the flag is disabled, the package depends on dev-lang/vala. I made this dependency conditional and vte built fine:

 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-       $(vala_depend)
+       vala? ( $(vala_depend) )
        >=dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.13

I had to install vte as a dependency of app-emulation/virt-manager. So far, I didn't notice any problems but I am not familiar with all use cases of vte. Hence, I would like to ask if this dependency can be removed indeed?

Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2016-07-30 19:39:23 UTC

fixed in latest version