Bug 132163

Summary:	docbook-sgml-utils requires lynx (unnecessarily?)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Matteo Sasso <matteo.sasso>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	System info and dependency tree

Description Matteo Sasso 2006-05-03 12:49:09 UTC

I'm having a problem that's probably related to bug #131152.
While trying to update my kernel, portage wants to install lynx, which I think is unnecessary. In fact, giving a look at the dependancies graph, I found out that lynx is required by app-text/docbook-sgml-utils-0.6.14.
Lines 32-33 of the related ebuild read:
        userland_GNU? ( sys-apps/which )
        || ( www-client/lynx www-client/elinks virtual/w3m )"

As you can see from my emerge --info (attached), the userland_GNU flag is set on my system. So, shouldn't portage need only sys-apps/which (that, of course, is already installed)?
I ain't no ebuild hacker, so I may be wrong and this could be the desired behaviour. It just doesn't sound right to me and it could be a small bug in portage itself, so I'm reporting it.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-05-03 12:52:40 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
>         userland_GNU? ( sys-apps/which )
>         || ( www-client/lynx www-client/elinks virtual/w3m )"
 
> As you can see from my emerge --info (attached), the userland_GNU flag is set
> on my system. So, shouldn't portage need only sys-apps/which (that, of course,
> is already installed)?

No... It requires sys-apps/which on GNU userland, plus any of www-client/lynx www-client/elinks virtual/w3m.

Comment 2 Matteo Sasso 2006-05-03 12:52:52 UTC

Created attachment 86086 [details]
System info and dependency tree

Comment 3 Matteo Sasso 2006-05-03 12:58:20 UTC

Ok, sorry! :) Great job, btw, answer in less than a minute!