598926 – kde-apps/cantor-16.04.3: add octave as a back-end through use flag

Bug 598926 - kde-apps/cantor-16.04.3: add octave as a back-end through use flag

Summary: kde-apps/cantor-16.04.3: add octave as a back-end through use flag

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team

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Reported:	2016-11-04 12:58 UTC by Erik Quaeghebeur
Modified:	2016-12-03 15:55 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Erik Quaeghebeur 2016-11-04 12:58:45 UTC

I just emerged kde-apps/cantor-16.04.3 with `-R` in package.use and got the following message:

 * You have decided to build cantor with no backend.
 * To have this application functional, please do one of below:
 *     # emerge -va1 '='kde-apps/cantor-16.04.3 with 'analitza', 'lua', 'python', 'qalculate' or 'R' USE flag enabled
 *     # emerge -vaDu sci-mathematics/maxima

However, I have octave (version 4.0.3) installed and it is automatically picked up as a back-end. I tested it, and it works. So octave should also be recognized as a possible backend in the ebuild.

Comment 1 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev

2016-12-03 15:55:25 UTC

Thanks for your report, this was fixed by commit 656ea1f50c74b74e8b31bf4c355c18e612a2bfa6

No need to add a USE flag for an unconditionally available backend, pkg_postinst message was changed to pkg_pretend and now mentions octave as an alternative.