app-emulation/virt-manager[gtk] depends on net-misc/x11-ssh-askpass. First, this is not a hard dependency. Some people use virt-manager to manage localhost, and thus don't need SSH access. Some people use SSH, but use public key auth, and thus don't need SSH_ASKPASS program either. Second, net-misc/x11-ssh-askpass is just one SSH_ASKPASS program implementation. There're several others in Gentoo available, like lxqt-openssh-askpass, ssh-askpass-fullscreen, etc. Third, net-misc/x11-ssh-askpass is an ancient program that pulls in imake build tools. The imake build system includes the infamous cleanlinks program, that can wreak some havoc if run accidentally[1][2]. I've been bitten by this myself. A good solution IMO would be to suggest some SSH_ASKPASS programs in the "after installation" message, like I've seen with some other ebuilds. [1] https://blog.winny.tech/2019-08-02-the-danger-of-fuzzy-matching-over-ones-path.html [2] http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=153898 Reproducible: Always
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=0b1dfb30a241dd1aee0897d997ba6f8dd073f336 commit 0b1dfb30a241dd1aee0897d997ba6f8dd073f336 Author: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2022-01-25 15:04:45 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-01-25 15:10:30 +0000 app-emulation/virt-manager: update EAPI on 3.2.0-r1, use optfeature - drop useless runtime-only dependency for net-misc/x11-ssh-askpass. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/768981 Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> .../virt-manager/virt-manager-3.2.0-r1.ebuild | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++ .../virt-manager/virt-manager-9999.ebuild | 23 +++--- 2 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
