Bug 366363

Summary:	sci-electronics/oregano (version 0.69.1) needs gnucap or ngspice
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	August Hörandl <hoea>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description August Hörandl 2011-05-07 17:40:04 UTC

oregano uses gnucap as default for simulation, but gnucap isn't a dependency


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. make sure sci-electronics/gnucap is not installed
2. install oregano
3. start oregano
4. open any sample e.g. /usr/share/oregano/examples/simple.oregano
5. add a voltage clamp (anywhere)
6. start simulation
Actual Results:  
Logfile: Unable to execute GnuCap.

Expected Results:  
installing oregano should install at least one simulation program

A use flag to select the simulation program would be a good idea.

Comment 1 Thomas Beierlein gentoo-dev

2011-05-09 07:58:27 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
> oregano uses gnucap as default for simulation, but gnucap isn't a dependency

That is not quite correct. It 'can' use these programs, but you can also generate a netlist and use some other programs to simulate. 

You also got a log message to inform you about:

 * You'll need to emerge your prefered simulation backend
 * such as spice, ng-spice-rework or gnucap for simulation
 * to work.