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Bug 675582 - dev-util/electron bundles a copy of net-libs/nodejs
Summary: dev-util/electron bundles a copy of net-libs/nodejs
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Elvis Pranskevichus
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Reported: 2019-01-16 14:13 UTC by Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED)
Modified: 2019-01-16 15:39 UTC (History)
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Description Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2019-01-16 14:13:57 UTC 
As seen in https://bugs.gentoo.org/675578
Comment 1 Elvis Pranskevichus 2019-01-16 15:38:51 UTC 
This is by design.  Electron contains a heavily patched version of nodejs: https://github.com/electron/node/  There is no way to use the system version.