libnvme-1.2-r1 fails to build when USE=-json is disabled. It looks like json-c may now be a required dependency, as it has required: true in https://github.com/linux-nvme/libnvme/blob/v1.2/meson.build#L58 so maybe this USE flag should just be removed? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: USE=-json emerge sys-libs/libnvme Actual Results: >>> Configuring source in /tmp/portage/sys-libs/libnvme-1.2-r1/work/libnvme-1.2 ... meson setup --libdir lib64 --localstatedir /var/lib --prefix /usr --sysconfdir /etc --wrap-mode nodownload --build.pkg-config-path /usr/share/pkgconfig --pkg-config-path /usr/share/pkgconfig --native-file /tmp/portage/sys-libs/libnvme-1.2-r1/temp/meson.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.amd64.ini -Db_pch=false -Dwerror=false --buildtype plain -Dpython=false /tmp/portage/sys-libs/libnvme-1.2-r1/work/libnvme-1.2 /tmp/portage/sys-libs/libnvme-1.2-r1/work/libnvme-1.2-build The Meson build system Version: 0.63.3 Source dir: /tmp/portage/sys-libs/libnvme-1.2-r1/work/libnvme-1.2 Build dir: /tmp/portage/sys-libs/libnvme-1.2-r1/work/libnvme-1.2-build Build type: native build Project name: libnvme Project version: 1.2 C compiler for the host machine: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc (gcc 11.3.0 "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc (Gentoo 11.3.0 p7) 11.3.0") C linker for the host machine: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc ld.bfd 2.38 Host machine cpu family: x86_64 Host machine cpu: x86_64 C++ compiler for the host machine: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ (gcc 11.3.0 "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ (Gentoo 11.3.0 p7) 11.3.0") C++ linker for the host machine: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ ld.bfd 2.38 Found pkg-config: /usr/bin/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-pkg-config (1.8.0) Did not find CMake 'cmake' Found CMake: NO Run-time dependency json-c found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake) Looking for a fallback subproject for the dependency json-c meson.build:56:0: ERROR: Automatic wrap-based subproject downloading is disabled Portage 3.0.38.1 (python 3.10.8-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib, gcc-11.3.0, glibc-2.36-r5, 5.15.75-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-5.15.75-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_Gold_6234_CPU_@_3.30GHz-with-glibc2.36 KiB Mem: 196688384 total, 195632068 free KiB Swap: 26861888 total, 26861888 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 23:45:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: d6ccbc069aee2e5fef977ff0fc6c0d13e231ee4d Head commit of repository dylex: 7a628dba81fa28b35cc486b326d6f228bbf39490 sh bash 5.1_p16-r2 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.38 p4) 2.38 app-misc/pax-utils: 1.3.5::gentoo app-shells/bash: 5.1_p16-r2::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.34.1-r4::gentoo dev-lang/python: 3.10.8_p3::gentoo, 3.11.0_p2::gentoo dev-util/meson: 0.63.3::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.9::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.45.2-r1::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.29::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.71-r5::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.16.5::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.38-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils-config: 5.4.1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 11.3.0::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 2.8::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.7::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.3::gentoo 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I think this is fixed in 1.5. @@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ if get_option('json-c').disabled() else json_c_dep = dependency('json-c', version: '>=0.13', - required: true, + required: get_option('json-c'), fallback : ['json-c', 'json_c_dep']) endif