Bug 16152 – Missing dependencies in XFCE ebuild

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Rob Kruus 2003-02-21 12:26:12 UTC]

Some xf apps require wish -- so adding tcl and tk to the xfce ebuild dependencies would solve this problem

Reproducible: Didn't try
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[Comment 1 Spider (RETIRED) 2003-02-22 04:58:19 UTC]

which apps would that be?

And is it during compile, or once installed?

[Comment 2 Rob Kruus 2003-02-22 15:15:26 UTC]

I can't remember the specific apps (xfskin was one).
The all compiled fine, I believe as part of the base XFCE build.
The line from xfskin (line 3) which was the problem is:
exec wish "$0" "$@"
If run from the command line, it gave an error similar to;
'wish not found .... line 3:exec wish'

[Comment 3 foser (RETIRED) 2003-03-25 08:22:00 UTC]

well, it should maybe added to the runtime deps, altough that's not completely correct either.

I don't use xfce, how important would you consider the apps (scripts) that need tcl/tk (like xfskin) ? does it really lessen the use of the wm/desktop ?

I'm thinking either if it is important enough adding it as a dep or otherwise mentioning it at the end of the ebuild. The thing is, that for a lot of users installing all of tcl/tk (with subdeps?) isn't really what they want for just a few (minor) scripts.

[Comment 4 Rob Kruus 2003-03-25 10:45:33 UTC]

Not really a big deal.  I don't really use the skins much (at all) anyways.
It may be a good idea to add it to the end of the build as a note.
It doesn't affect the usability of the wm/desktop at all.

[Comment 5 Spider (RETIRED) 2003-03-25 12:18:57 UTC]

a IUSE="tcltk" could probably be good in this case. 

[Comment 6 foser (RETIRED) 2003-03-30 18:10:28 UTC]

added tcltk use dep.