Bug 33752

Summary:	mythfrontend emerge requires mysql
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Scott McCabe <scott.mccabe>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Television related Applications in Gentoo's Portage <media-tv>
Status:	RESOLVED LATER
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	12499
Bug Blocks:

Description Scott McCabe 2003-11-18 06:04:37 UTC

According to the mythtv.org documentation you are not required to install 
mysql on a machine running only a remote mythfrontend :-
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.5
(See :- Manually building Mythtv - frontened only configuration)
However when I attempt to emerge mythfrontend it wants 'qt' re-installed 
with 'mysql' support added to make.conf. 
If I re-emerge qt with mysql support it then emerges 'mysql' first which 
mythfrontened shouldn't need.
I already have qt installed without mysql support which is all I believed was 
neccessary. Any ideas ?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge mythfrontend
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) mythtv-0.12.tar.bz2
 * Qt is missing MySQL support. Please add
 * 'mysql' to your USE flags, and re-emerge Qt.

!!! ERROR: media-tv/mythfrontend-0.12 failed.
!!! Function pkg_setup, Line 36, Exitcode 0
!!! Qt needs mysql support

Expected Results:  
emerged without mysql installed.

Comment 1 Max Kalika (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-18 08:02:18 UTC

Correction:  it says:

   You do NOT need the MySQL *server* installed on your remote frontend.

Mysql support in qt is absolutely required because it needs to contact the master database to know where the backends are.  Gentoo doesn't have separate package for the mysql client and server.  See bug 12499.