Bug 40670

Summary:	ntp dependency require full JDK rather than JRE
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Bo Majewski <bo>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Bo Majewski 2004-02-06 19:05:35 UTC

I installed on a small system that is used to run but never develop Java applets or application blackdown JRE. However I was surprised to discover that when I tried to emerge net-misc/ntp it required a full-blown JDK. Tracing dependencies I discovered that 

net-misc/ntp requires sys-libs/libcap

if python USE flag is defined then
sys-libs/libcap requires dev-lang/swig

and finally

dev-lang/swig requires virtual/jdk

I'm wondering if it would be possible to run ntp without JDK or even JRE - seems it should be possible. However one cannot install it without installing a JDK. I managed to eliminate this dependency by replacing virtual/jdk with virtual/jre, but I am not sure if this is the best solution.






Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge any JRE, such as blackdown 1.4.1 JRE
2. emerge -p net-misc/ntp
3.

Actual Results:  
blackdown JDK shows among dependencies of the ntp.

Expected Results:  
JDK should not be required. JRE would be acceptable, but generally I think it
should be possible to install and run ntp without JRE or JDK.

Comment 1 Bo Majewski 2004-02-06 19:07:05 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 40669 ***