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Bug 588520 - net-libs/gnutls add libopts USE for not depending unconditionaly on sys-devel/autogen
Summary: net-libs/gnutls add libopts USE for not depending unconditionaly on sys-devel...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Crypto team [DISABLED]
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Reported: 2016-07-10 12:28 UTC by LABBE Corentin
Modified: 2016-07-14 04:34 UTC (History)
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add libopts use flag to net-libs/gnutls (net_libs_gnutls_add_libopts_use_flag.patch,1.18 KB, patch)
2016-07-10 12:28 UTC, LABBE Corentin 		Details | Diff
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Description LABBE Corentin 2016-07-10 12:28:04 UTC 
Created attachment 440270 [details, diff]
add libopts use flag to net-libs/gnutls

gnutls can be built/used without sys-devel/autogen (needed for some libopts work).
So adding a libopts USE flag can make this dependency optionnal
Comment 1 Felix Janda 2016-07-10 18:55:11 UTC 
Bug 498324 seems to be related.
Comment 2 LABBE Corentin 2016-07-11 07:29:33 UTC 
Related but different, the bug 498324 is for splitting libopts from autogen.
My bug is for do not use it at all.
Comment 3 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2016-07-14 04:34:43 UTC 
You cannot just modify USE without actual change in build, it suggests software will break or compile differently if library exists or not.
This will cause using internal implementation of the library, which may introduce security issues.

Regardless, please see >3.4 in which there is tools USE flag that is supported by upstream.