Bug 183991 – mgetty should be installable without fax support

• Status: VERIFIED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Charles Duffy 2007-07-02 15:51:17 UTC]

I'm interested in using HylaFAX for faxing, and mgetty (on a completely separate modem) for dialout support. However, building mgetty installs a number of files which conflict with HylaFAX. Having a USE flag for mgetty which avoids installing fax-specific components would be a Good Thing.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-07-02 21:18:00 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 175973 ***

[Comment 2 Charles Duffy 2007-07-02 21:32:15 UTC]

I do not agree that this is a duplicate of #175973. This bug asks to be able to install mgetty without sendfax; the other asks to be able to install hylafax without mgetty when no USE flags are set.

[Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-07-02 21:34:56 UTC]

yeah, (In reply to comment #2)
> I do not agree that this is a duplicate of #175973. This bug asks to be able to
> install mgetty without sendfax; the other asks to be able to install hylafax
> without mgetty when no USE flags are set.

Then set USE=faxonly. 

[Comment 4 Charles Duffy 2007-07-02 21:40:34 UTC]

I do have USE=faxonly set; that does not address my issue, which is with the mgetty package (not with hylafax).

I'm interested in using mgetty for modem (not fax-based) dialin on a completely separate modem (on the same machine as HylaFAX, but not interoperating in any other way). Because it always installs its own sendfax binary and puts its own content in /var/spool/fax, mgetty does not play along well with hylafax. If fax support for mgetty were a USE flag for the mgetty package, it would be possible to build mgetty for its non-faxing-related functionality while still using HylaFAX on the same machine; *that* is my goal.