Bug 187301

Summary:	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.7185 depends on nvidia-settings
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Andrew Hurst <a.hurst>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497984
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Andrew Hurst 2007-07-31 22:25:31 UTC

'emerge nvidia-drivers' pulls in nvidia-settings.

Useful though the tool is, it is not needed by the drivers, therefore not a dependency, and should hence be installed optionally, not automatically.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Emerge nvidia-drivers
2. Get a package you didn't want installed
3.

Actual Results:  
see description

Expected Results:  
perhaps an ebuild message could mention that nvidia-settings is available.

Perhaps later versions of the driver depend on the nvidia-settings lib (??) but 1.0.7185 does not.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-07-31 22:27:39 UTC

So emerge it w/ USE="-gtk"