8872 – dev-php/php ebuilds uses wrong USE variable

Bug 8872 - dev-php/php ebuilds uses wrong USE variable

Summary: dev-php/php ebuilds uses wrong USE variable

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Colin Morey (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-10-07 18:21 UTC by Marcus Spading
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Marcus Spading 2002-10-07 18:21:19 UTC

Starting with php-4.2.1.ebuild up to and including php-4.2.2-r1.ebuild a USE
variable 'gd' is used for determine the existence of libgd. 

- gd = GNU database libraries (seen in USE-variable-HOWTO)
- libgd does not have a use-var on its own

Comment 1 Marcus Spading 2002-10-07 18:24:02 UTC

correction: the first ebuild that uses the wrong variable is php-4.2.1-r1.ebuild

Comment 2 Ryan Phillips (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-10-18 01:13:32 UTC

I looked at the use.desc file... seems alright to me

Comment 3 Marcus Spading 2002-10-18 09:43:55 UTC

Ok. I didn't know the 'authority' for use vars. If use.desc is right it is a    
documentation bug in  http://www.gentoo.org/doc/use-howto.html:  
   
> Finally, if you are a coder, you can use gdlib or libdg to generate  
> graphics, for example in PNG format, on the fly, from languages like C, PHP,  
> and Perl. 
> gd -- GNU database libraries

Comment 4 Ryan Phillips (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-10-18 16:11:23 UTC

Colin, can you take a look at this... use.desc on the CVS is correct, appears
the documentation is out of sync.  thx

Comment 5 Ryan Phillips (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-11-26 17:26:53 UTC

Appears to be fixed.