Bug 266123

Summary:	sys-libs/pam-1.0.4 lacks build dependency on sys-devel/flex
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Jörg Bachmann <explicit>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	PAM Gentoo Team (OBSOLETE) <pam-bugs+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Jörg Bachmann 2009-04-14 16:21:44 UTC

sys-devel/flex is needed to compile sys-libs/pam. this has to be in DEPENDS variable.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-04-15 19:02:24 UTC

Assigning to maintainer, probably not valid because sys-devel/flex is in the system set.

Comment 2 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-04-15 19:58:35 UTC

Uh? Lars, considering I was the one opening bug #221311 that wouldn't stop it ;)

But sys-devel/flex _is_ in sys-libs/pam-1.0.4 depend. You didn't provide emerge --info, if you're using an overlay that provides an alternative sys-libs/pam it's not my problem, I guess ;)

Comment 3 Prakash Punnoor 2009-10-07 16:55:52 UTC

I had the same problem. I can see that flex is in depend, but portage didn't install it. Maybe a problem with portage?

My problem was when I was experimenting with cross compilationm and starting with a naked system, ie. no stage files. After building my cross compiler I did a cross emergy baselayout and it died while compiling pam. After emerging flex by hand, pam compiled without problems.