Bug 96785

Summary:	webapp.eclass needs an RDEPEND on webapp-config
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Paul Smith <psmith>
Component:	Eclasses	Assignee:	Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) <stuart>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Paul Smith 2005-06-22 07:58:14 UTC

I'm working with Catalyst and trying to add packages that rely on webapp.eclass
into my livecd.  Catalyst builds the initial stages from scratch, then creates
binary packages so that if you have to recreate the stages again, it doesn't
have to recompile but just reinstalls the binary packages.  However, as I
understand it binary packages don't have their DEPEND packages installed first,
just the RDEPEND packages.  But, binary packages DO have some of the ebuild
functions invoked, in particular (for this situation) the pkg_setup() function.
 The webapp.eclass creates a webapp_pkg_setup() function that relies on the
existence of files in the webapp-config package, such as
/etc/vhost/webapp-config.  But, that file does not exist when I try to install
the binary package because webapp-config is not installed.

Since it's the webapp.eclass that adds webapp-config to the DEPEND line, and
it's the webapp.eclass that creates the pkg_setup() function that uses the
webapp-config file, it seems like webapp.eclass should also add webapp-config to
the RDEPEND line to be sure it's installed correctly.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Find a package that inherits webapp (but doesn't override pkg_setup())
2. Build the package and create a binary package from it
3. Remove webapp-config from your system
4. Try to install the binary package.


Actual Results:  
The webapp_pkg_setup() will fail with an error trying to locate the
/etc/vhost/webapp-config file.

Expected Results:  
Successfully install the package (which might mean reinstalling webapp-config).

Comment 1 Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-06-22 13:26:59 UTC

To be honest, on first reading this sounds like a Portage bug.  I'll have a 
chat with the portage team, and get their advice.

Best regards,
Stu

Comment 2 Renat Lumpau (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-06-29 09:08:19 UTC

reassigning

Comment 3 Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-11-20 09:51:48 UTC

Fixed in Portage tree by adding the RDEPEND line.

Best regards,
Stu