Bug 496348

Summary:	x11-libs/gtk+:3 - make x11-libs/gtk+:2 optional
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	hertz642
Component:	[OLD] GNOME	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	enhancement	Keywords:	PATCH
Priority:	Normal
Version:	autobuilds
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Patch to add the 'gtk2' USE flag (enabled by default) to gtk+-3.10.6.ebuild

Description hertz642 2013-12-29 04:47:37 UTC

Currently the GTK+3 ebuild has a GTK+2 dependency, but it does not appear to require it. I have been building =x11-libs/gtk+-3.10.6 from the Gnome overlay with a patched ebuilt to remove the dependency and applications built with it compile and run fine (under Wayland at least).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Patch x11-libs/gtk+-3.10.6.ebuild
2. ebuild x11-libs/gtk+-3.10.6.ebuild manifest
3. emerge =x11-libs/gtk+-3.10.6
4. Emerge some random GTK+3 applications and run them.

Comment 1 hertz642 2013-12-29 04:52:12 UTC

Created attachment 366408 [details, diff]
Patch to add the 'gtk2' USE flag (enabled by default) to gtk+-3.10.6.ebuild

Comment 2 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2013-12-30 10:43:24 UTC

Reading the patch, I wonder if enabling that USE flag wouldn't also block gtk+2 as this configure switch will control if gtk-update-icon-cache is provided by gtk2 or 3 

@gnome, what do you think about this? I doubt if, at this time, many people will be able to drop gtk2 dep from their systems

Comment 3 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2015-01-02 11:40:05 UTC

Explained more deeply in bug 528810

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 528810 ***