Bug 38153

Summary:	vnc v4 is only available as net-misc/tightvnc and only with ~amd64
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Chris Paulson-Ellis <kelsall>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) <aliz>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	radek
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Chris Paulson-Ellis 2004-01-14 03:32:53 UTC

VNC v4b4 has been around for a while, but the only ebuild I can find for it is under net-misc/tightvnc (not net-misc/vnc). And even this ebuild requires ~amd64.

I am running a Althon XP, not an amd64 platform, but I emerged the v4 ebuild anyway (by setting ~amd64). It seems to work fine, though I only run the server (with a Win32 client). Perhaps a ~x86 keyword could be added. Other people who run the client seem to have issues with this ebuild though (see the comments in bug 32742).

Adding an v4b4 ~x86 ebuild for net-misc/vnc as well as for net-misc/tightvnc would reduce confusion.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-01-14 05:47:23 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 32742 ***

Comment 2 Chris Paulson-Ellis 2004-01-14 05:59:28 UTC

My bug is not a duplicate of bug 32742. It complains that the ebuild in tightvnc is in the wrong place. I say it is in the right place, but that it has problems (no ~x86 & the problems mentioned after the resolution of bug 32742) and that there should be *another* ebuild for reguler vnc v4 in net-misc/vnc.

Comment 3 Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-08-20 13:50:00 UTC

net-misc/vnc-4.0 has just been added to the tree.