The app-alternatives system allows user to pick alternative implementation (such as app-arch/pigz) and so packages should not depend on app-arch/gzip directly and instead should depend on app-alternatives/gzip.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=dacb583732097cee4363d78b30b7ecf2a176b04a commit dacb583732097cee4363d78b30b7ecf2a176b04a Author: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-05-27 09:59:15 +0000 Commit: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-05-27 09:59:15 +0000 sys-apps/locale-gen: use app-alternatives/gzip Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/906243 Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> .../locale-gen/{locale-gen-2.23.ebuild => locale-gen-2.23-r1.ebuild} | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Starting with 2.37 this is now in separate sys-apps/locale-gen. And before you ask, glibc explicitly requires gnu bison.
(In reply to Andreas K. Hüttel from comment #2) > Starting with 2.37 this is now in separate sys-apps/locale-gen. Thanks! > And before you ask, glibc explicitly requires gnu bison. Not an issue for me :)
