90809 – pdftk needs gcj -- should be flagged somehow

Bug 90809 - pdftk needs gcj -- should be flagged somehow

Summary: pdftk needs gcj -- should be flagged somehow

Status:	RESOLVED LATER

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Text-Markup Team (OBSOLETE)

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Reported:	2005-04-28 19:07 UTC by M. Edward Borasky
Modified:	2005-05-22 06:38 UTC (History)
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Description M. Edward Borasky 2005-04-28 19:07:48 UTC

DreamGate root # emerge -v pdftk
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) app-text/pdftk-1.12 to /
>>> md5 files   ;-) pdftk-0.94.1.ebuild
>>> md5 files   ;-) pdftk-1.12.ebuild
>>> md5 files   ;-) pdftk-1.00.ebuild
>>> md5 files   ;-) ChangeLog
>>> md5 files   ;-) metadata.xml
>>> md5 files   ;-) files/digest-pdftk-0.94.1
>>> md5 files   ;-) files/digest-pdftk-1.00
>>> md5 files   ;-) files/digest-pdftk-1.12
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) pdftk-1.12.tar.gz
 * It seems that your system doesn't provides a Java compiler.
 * Re-emerge sys-devel/gcc with "java" and "gcj" enabled.

!!! ERROR: app-text/pdftk-1.12 failed.
!!! Function pkg_setup, Line 20, Exitcode 0
!!! gcj not found.
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.


Shouldn't the ebuild note the dependency, set the gcj USE flag, forcing a rebuild of gcc??

Comment 1 Mamoru KOMACHI (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-22 06:38:10 UTC

We cannot do this atm, but portage devs are preparing for
that feature in the future release of portage. There were
several discussions about this in gentoo-dev list.