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Bug 832094

Summary: sys-libs/glibc-2.34-r7: FEATURES=installsources is enabled but the debugedit binary could not be found
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Michael Hofmann <bugs>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers <toolchain>
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX    
Severity: normal CC: jstein
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Michael Hofmann 2022-01-26 11:46:33 UTC
I just installed glibc-2.34-r7. Emerge printed more then a hundred times:

* FEATURES=installsources is enabled but the debugedit binary could not be
* found. This feature will not work unless debugedit is installed!

It's true that FEATURES=installsources is defined on my machine for glibc. It's also true that debugedit was not installed.

But wouldn't it be better to have a build dependency that pulls in debugedit if FEATURES=installsources and if debugedit is not installed?

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-01-26 20:57:43 UTC
Problem is, this applies for every single package, it's not specific to glibc.

And Portage can't/shouldn't make dependency changes based on FEATURES.

(Similar for distcc, ccache too.)
Comment 2 Michael Hofmann 2022-01-27 01:12:58 UTC
I understand.

Please feel free to close the issue.