Bug 100921

Summary:	dev-util/dialog has automagic sys-libs/gpm dependency
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) <wolf31o2>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Harald van Dijk (RETIRED) <truedfx>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal	CC:	coldwind, dickey, dostrow, ulm
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	93767

Description Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-07-31 11:33:47 UTC

By default, dialog detects gpm, when it should be patched to support --with-gpm (or --enable-gpm) and 
be made to use the gpm USE flag.  This causes issues for releases, because not every machine uses gpm, 
but gpm is on all release media.  This causes dialog to link against it, and to look for /dev/gpmctl, which 
only exists once gpm has been started.  Allowing dialog to not link against gpm would resolve this, and 
make net-setup usable on a machine without a mouse, and therefore gpm.

Thanks,

Comment 1 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-10-31 08:58:59 UTC

*** Bug 93767 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2005-10-31 10:55:41 UTC

Are you sure that this really is a bug?

dialog does not link directly against gpm. It links against gpm
only via ncurses, and ncurses respects the gpm USE flag.

Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-10-31 11:11:35 UTC

Yes, I am sure it is a bug, since, as I said, dialog links against gpm if it
finds it.

Comment 4 Daniel Black (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-11-07 03:19:25 UTC

Sorry Chris I am planning of fixing this. I did start at one stage. If someone 
else whats to beat me to a solution thats fine with me too.

Comment 5 Thomas Dickey 2005-11-26 12:29:10 UTC

dialog is checking for gpm just in case ncurses requires it.

Comment 6 Patrick Lauer gentoo-dev

2009-03-07 19:45:41 UTC

During bugday multiple people on IRC have been unable to reproduce it.

Maybe it is fixed in new versions?

Closing for now, reopen if it happens again.