Bug 952994 – www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33 will not install with dev-libs/libxml2-2.14.0

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Harris Landgarten 2025-04-01 11:06:33 UTC]

Emerging (1 of 3) www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33::gentoo
 * microsoft-edge-beta_135.0.3179.33-1_amd64.deb BLAKE2B SHA512 size ;-) ...                                                                                                                [ ok ]
 * Determining the location of the kernel source code
 * Found kernel source directory:
 *     /usr/src/linux
 * Found sources for kernel version:
 *     6.14.0-gentoo-x86_64
 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options ...                                                                                                                                   [ ok ]
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33/work
>>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33/work ...
>>> Source prepared.
>>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33/work ...
>>> Source configured.
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33/work ...
>>> Source compiled.
>>> Test phase [not enabled]: www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33

>>> Install www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33 into /var/tmp/portage/www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33/image
>>> Unpacking microsoft-edge-beta_135.0.3179.33-1_amd64.deb to /var/tmp/portage/www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33/image
>>> Completed installing www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33 into /var/tmp/portage/www-client/microsoft-edge-beta-135.0.3179.33/image

 * Final size of build directory:      0 KiB
 * Final size of installed tree:  592348 KiB (578.4 MiB)

 * QA Notice: This package seems to install metainfo files into the
 * following location(s):
 * 
 *   /usr/share/appdata
 * 
 * This location is deprecated, it should not be used anymore by new software.
 * Appdata/Metainfo files should be installed into /usr/share/metainfo directory.
 * For more details, please see the freedesktop Upstream Metadata guidelines at
 * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html
 * 
 * Gentoo Tracker bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/709450
 * 
 * QA Notice: Unresolved soname dependencies:
 * 
 * 	/opt/microsoft/msedge-beta/libmip_core.so: libxml2.so.2
 *

[Comment 1 Sam James 2025-04-01 14:12:58 UTC]

Looks to me like it does install, just won't work at runtime.

Anyway, I haven't bumped to libxml2-2.14 for exactly this reason. I'm waiting to let things settle first.