643792 – dev-libs/appstream-glib unnecessary version constraint on app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.3-r1

Bug 643792 - dev-libs/appstream-glib unnecessary version constraint on app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.3-r1

Summary: dev-libs/appstream-glib unnecessary version constraint on app-text/docbook-xm...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team

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Reported:	2018-01-07 15:47 UTC by Cedric Sodhi
Modified:	2018-01-11 08:33 UTC (History)
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Description Cedric Sodhi 2018-01-07 15:47:21 UTC

Configures, compiles and installs fine without docbook-xml-dtd

Comment 1 Cedric Sodhi 2018-01-07 15:50:00 UTC

Correction: Compiles fine with app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.5-r1, so the dependency on 4.3-r1 seems unnecessary.

Comment 2 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-01-11 08:33:34 UTC

I you have internet access, this will indeed work as the DTD will be transparently downloaded for validating/transforming the man page. However ebuilds are meant to be run within restricted environments so the dependency is required. The exact version is mandated by the source file of the man pages.