Bug 727516

Summary:	app-arch/rpm2targz make zstd dependency optional
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	David Duchesne <aether>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	fturco
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	ebuild modified

Description David Duchesne 2020-06-08 09:22:47 UTC

Would it be possible to make zstd optional for rpm2targz ?
On my system, I needed to edit rp2mtargz ebuild to get rid of zstd.
See new ebuild attached.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 David Duchesne 2020-06-08 09:23:59 UTC

Created attachment 643930 [details]
ebuild modified

Comment 2 Ionen Wolkens gentoo-dev

2020-06-09 09:21:07 UTC

Was added in rpm2targz because of bug #719208, as comments state many new rpms seem to be using it by default now. Doesn't hurt for things to be optional but I'm not sure if it's worth it here (not that it's up for me to decide, just commenting).

Avoiding zstd entirely in gentoo is going to become more difficult notably given portage-2.3.100 made it a non-optional dependency so everyone will end up installing it if that gets stabilized as-is.

Comment 3 David Duchesne 2020-06-09 13:27:47 UTC

(In reply to Ionen Wolkens from comment #2)
> Was added in rpm2targz because of bug #719208, as comments state many new
> rpms seem to be using it by default now. Doesn't hurt for things to be
> optional but I'm not sure if it's worth it here (not that it's up for me to
> decide, just commenting).
> 
> Avoiding zstd entirely in gentoo is going to become more difficult notably
> given portage-2.3.100 made it a non-optional dependency so everyone will end
> up installing it if that gets stabilized as-is.

Thanks for pointing this out. I wasn't aware of that. So maybe "+zstd" could still be added in IUSE ? So that by default, zstd is pulled in while leaving option to manually set "-zstd" for those who don't need it.

Comment 4 David Duchesne 2020-06-09 13:31:16 UTC

(In reply to Ionen Wolkens from comment #2)
> Avoiding zstd entirely in gentoo is going to become more difficult notably
> given portage-2.3.100 made it a non-optional dependency so everyone will end
> up installing it if that gets stabilized as-is.

Oops, missed that part in your post. Well then.. if it is confirmed, this bug report can be closed I guess.. :(