At present net-misc/icaclient has a hard dependency on net-libs/webkit-gtk, a package which not only takes a long time to compile, but also pulls in other stuff like Ruby. However, this is only a dependency of some ancillary files - the Citrix base program wfica works perfectly well without webkit-gtk. It'd be nice if we could have a USE flag which gets rid of the dependency on webkit-gtk, at the expense of not pulling in the files (util/webcontainer, lib/UIDialogLibWebKit3.so, selfservice) that rely on it. Reproducible: Always
I previously filed a bug (bug 893706) asking whether it was possible to switch to a newer slot of webkit-gtk or drop the dependency completely. It didn't seem like the then-maintainer knew what functionality was reliant on webkit-gtk, but it sounds like you might know better. If you know, could you tell us here? Thanks!
Created attachment 869893 [details] ebuild with webkit USE flag
It seems to be mainly the selfservice program, used for enrolment(?). Have a look at the ebuild I've just attached - I've been testing it the past few days, and it's been fine.
I can't see that util/webcontainer and lib/UIDialogLibWebKit3.so are actually used by anything.
FWIW as a regular user of icaclient, I'd happily accept some degraded functionality in order to avoid having to build webkit-gtk. My PC has 16 cores, 32 threads, 128GB RAM, and I build entirely within RAM (in a tmpfs), and even I find building webkit-gtk to be a nuisance.
I added myself as a co-maintainer of this ebuild, as I was who actually did the latest updated for this package. I will take a look of adding webkit-gtk as optional dependency.
Looking at the debian package that citrix distribute: Package: icaclient Version: 24.8.0.98 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Citrix Systems, Inc. <debian.package.support@citrix.com> Installed-Size: 1122483 Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) Depends: libc6 (>= 2.13-38), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libsm6, libx11-6, libxext6, libxmu6, libxpm4, libasound2, libstdc++6, libidn11 | libidn12, zlib1g, curl (>= 7.68), libsqlite3-0, libspeexdsp1, libva2 Recommends: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.15), libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.15), libspeex1, libvorbis0a, libvorbisenc2, libcanberra-gtk-module, gstreamer1.0-libav (>= 1.2.0), gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad (>= 1.2.0), pulseaudio, libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 libwebkit2gtk is an optional dependecy. Hence, I think we can definitely add a use flag to pull it optionally.
Note when building the ebuild in the linked PR: scanelf: rpath_security_checks(): Security problem with relative DT_RPATH '.:$ORIGIN/' in /srv/portage/tmp/portage/net-misc/icaclient-24.11.0.85/image/opt/Citrix/ICAClient/lib/libwebrpc.so * QA Notice: Unresolved soname dependencies: * * /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/lib/UIDialogLibWebKit3.so: libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37 * /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/lib/libbgblur.so: libopencv_core.so.410 libopencv_imgcodecs.so.410 libopencv_imgproc.so.410 * /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/lib/libctxVideoDecoder.so: libva.so.2 * /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/selfservice: libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37 * /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/util/nfcui: libpcsclite.so.1 * /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/util/webcontainer: libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37 * Indeed there is linking to webkit2gtk. However, it is not required if not using the self-service feature. Also, this shows that libva.so.2 is needed hence, I added it as dependency. (Without it : $/usr/bin/wfica /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/wfica: error while loading shared libraries: libva.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory )
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=547bf0c23dc8089a615d21f5a321249837cb1b5a commit 547bf0c23dc8089a615d21f5a321249837cb1b5a Author: Oz Tiram <oz.tiram@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2025-01-10 20:54:30 +0000 Commit: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2025-01-20 15:42:46 +0000 net-misc/icaclient: drop 23.5.0.58 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/947611 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/911345 Signed-off-by: Oz Tiram <oz.tiram@gmail.com> Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/40090 Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> net-misc/icaclient/Manifest | 2 - net-misc/icaclient/icaclient-23.5.0.58.ebuild | 310 ------------------------- net-misc/icaclient/icaclient-24.11.0.85.ebuild | 1 + 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 312 deletions(-) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f8c5cdbb021dae3165062b5bc9f94529ac624017 commit f8c5cdbb021dae3165062b5bc9f94529ac624017 Author: Oz Tiram <oz.tiram@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2025-01-10 20:49:26 +0000 Commit: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2025-01-20 15:42:45 +0000 net-misc/icaclient: add 24.11.0.85 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/911345 Signed-off-by: Oz Tiram <oz.tiram@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> net-misc/icaclient/Manifest | 1 + net-misc/icaclient/icaclient-24.11.0.85.ebuild | 312 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ net-misc/icaclient/metadata.xml | 1 + 3 files changed, 314 insertions(+)
I believe this issue can be closed. The latest version in the tree has an optional dependency.
