Bug 136257

Summary:	net-analyzer/netcat missing RDEPEND on libmix
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	petre rodan (RETIRED) <kaiowas>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	SpanKY <vapier>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Other
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description petre rodan (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-06-10 00:44:44 UTC

please add libmix as RDEPEND for all netcat ebuilds, since it's a dynamically linked library needed by your application. [1]
 when installing from binary packages (think catalyst or an enterprise setup), only RDEPEND is checked and that one is missing in your case. [2]

[1] http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/dependencies/index.html
[2] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/29509/

thanks,
peter

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2006-06-10 04:48:36 UTC

not needed