I prefer to use minimal KiCad installation (USE="minimal -github -webkit) and download component libraries manually using /usr/share/doc/kicad-4.0.2-r2/scripts/library-repos-install.sh.bz2 script. But ebuild could handle minimal configuration better. First of all, according SRC_URI, "kicad-footprints" tarball is downloaded always, but it's used only with USE=minimal. It would be better to make it dependent on !minimal, like kicad-library tarball Second, src_prepare() shouldn't totally delete template subdirectory when USE=minimal. There are only 5 small files in it (35KiB), and one of them, kicad.pro is used as a template for new project and KiCad shows messagebox with error without this file. One more thing is not so related to USE=minimal. Desktop shortcut /usr/share/applications/cvpcb.desktop does nothing and can be deleted Reproducible: Always
Uladzimir, thank you for your suggestions how to improve the ebuild. If you have an ebuild with your suggestions in your local overlay, please attach it here. It will help the maintainer to compare your suggestions with the current ebuild.
Created attachment 439168 [details, diff] Improving "minimal" use patch Jonas, I've added patch.
Created attachment 439668 [details, diff] Improve "minimal" use patch While default /usr/share/kicad/template/kicad.pro file might not be very useful (it doesn't include all libraries and user should manage his project by himself), maybe minimal installation shouldn't install templates. So, src_prepare() shouldn't be modified. Updated patch, which changes ebuild less, is here.
@Uladzimir: thanks for the patch. It looks reasonable, I'll update the ebuild.
commit ed1add145d96a6cebfdbafb3c021d954b1fee9ab Author: Zoltan Puskas <zoltan@sinustrom.info> Date: Mon Jul 11 00:59:39 2016 -0700 sci-electronics/kicad: Reduce minimal installation, add libressl In minimal install do not download footprints source. Add switch to build with libressl. Gentoo Bugs: #587504, #569764 Package-Manager: portage-2.3.0
