89818 – sqlite-3.2.1-r1 incorrect hard dep of glibc

Bug 89818 - sqlite-3.2.1-r1 incorrect hard dep of glibc

Summary: sqlite-3.2.1-r1 incorrect hard dep of glibc

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Armando Di Cianno (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2005-04-20 08:03 UTC by solar (RETIRED)
Modified:	2005-10-12 12:41 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description solar (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-04-20 08:03:07 UTC

Index: sqlite-3.2.1-r1.ebuild
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-db/sqlite/sqlite-3.2.1-r1.ebuild,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -b -B -w -p -r1.6 sqlite-3.2.1-r1.ebuild
--- sqlite-3.2.1-r1.ebuild	18 Apr 2005 16:56:56 -0000	1.6
+++ sqlite-3.2.1-r1.ebuild	20 Apr 2005 14:58:04 -0000
@@ -13,8 +13,15 @@ HOMEPAGE="http://www.sqlite.org"
 # Adding glibc as dependency for USE !nothreadsafe until someone can tell me
 #   if all virtual/libc's provide POSIX threads (pthread.h)
 #   - 20041203, Armando Di Cianno <fafhrd@gentoo.org>
+
+# Please please never hard code glibc into an ebuild unless it's a 
+# binary only package that really depends on glibc. By hard coding you 
+# can destory perfectly valid/working systems if glibc ever gets pulled 
+# in as a dep. - 20050420 <solar@gentoo>
+
+# !nothreadsafe? ( !ppc-macos? ( sys-libs/glibc ) )
+
 DEPEND="virtual/libc
-	!nothreadsafe? ( !ppc-macos? ( sys-libs/glibc ) )
 	doc? (dev-lang/tcl)"
 SLOT="3"
 LICENSE="as-is"

Comment 1 Anders Rune Jensen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-10-12 12:18:47 UTC

Can we close this bug? sqlite 3.2.1-r1 has been removed form the tree. Later
versions doesn't have this.

Comment 2 Armando Di Cianno (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-10-12 12:41:02 UTC

closed; bug no longer relevant as file was removed.