lightdm version 1.14.1 and upwards should RDEPEND on sys-apps/accountservice (it did before) as sys-apps/accountservice is an alternative way for lightdm to get user information. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install >=x11-misc/lightdm-1.14.1 2. launch it. The icon will not display 3. install accountservice and configure it. The icons will display.
Nope :) See bug #500152 You really don't need that in order to get a functional lightdm *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 500152 ***
Well, you don't *need* it, which is why I proposed a RDEPEND (via a USE flag), isn't it the aim of useflags ? To be able to define which parts you want ? Or do I miss something about this ? Whithout it, Lightdm needs extra configuration to display user icons. Thanks a lot !
Sorry, it should not RDEPEND, but conditionnally depend via a USE flag, I miswrote this
(In reply to ben.c.schubert from comment #3) > Sorry, it should not RDEPEND, but conditionnally depend via a USE flag, I > miswrote this I don't understand you. The gnome useflag will pull this dependency.
Well the gnome useflag pulls more packages too. Example on my system: USE="-gnome" emerge -a lightdm $ emerge -a accountsservice These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.40::gentoo USE="introspection systemd -doc (-selinux)" 360 KiB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 360 KiB USE="gnome" emerge -a lightdm Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] sys-devel/autoconf-archive-2015.02.24::gentoo 565 KiB [ebuild N ] gnome-base/gnome-common-3.14.0-r1:3::gentoo USE="autoconf-archive" 153 KiB [ebuild N ] sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.40::gentoo USE="introspection systemd -doc (-selinux)" 360 KiB [ebuild R ] x11-misc/lightdm-1.14.2::gentoo USE="gnome* gtk introspection -kde -qt4" 0 KiB Total: 4 packages (3 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 1,077 KiB So there is indeed a difference between both and I don't want gnome dependencies (which accountsservice doesn't have) on my system. Is this more clear ?
> So there is indeed a difference between both and I don't want gnome > dependencies (which accountsservice doesn't have) on my system. > > Is this more clear ? Did you read the bug i pointed you at? accountsservice requires some gnome stuff to function properly. And it already pulls gnome dependencies. And come on, gnome-common only pulls 10 files which are about 136K in total.
Yes I read it and did not understand exactly, as I don't see any gnome dependencies pulled in by accountsservice : * dependency graph for sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.40 `-- sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.40 amd64 `-- dev-libs/glib-2.44.1 (>=dev-libs/glib-2.37.3) ~amd64 `-- sys-auth/polkit-0.113 (sys-auth/polkit) ~amd64 `-- dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.44.0 (>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-0.9.12) ~amd64 `-- sys-apps/systemd-222-r1 (>=sys-apps/systemd-186) ~amd64 `-- sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.6 (sys-auth/consolekit) amd64 `-- dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.28-r4 (dev-libs/libxslt) amd64 `-- dev-util/gdbus-codegen-2.44.1 (dev-util/gdbus-codegen) ~amd64 `-- dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.24 (>=dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.15) amd64 `-- dev-util/intltool-0.51.0 (>=dev-util/intltool-0.40) ~amd64 `-- sys-devel/gettext-0.19.5 (sys-devel/gettext) ~amd64 `-- virtual/pkgconfig-0-r1 (virtual/pkgconfig) amd64 `-- app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.1.2-r6 (app-text/docbook-xml-dtd) amd64 `-- app-text/xmlto-0.0.26 (app-text/xmlto) amd64 `-- app-arch/xz-utils-5.2.1-r1 (app-arch/xz-utils) ~amd64 `-- sys-apps/sed-4.2.2 (>=sys-apps/sed-4) ~amd64 `-- sec-policy/selinux-accountsd-2.20141203-r7 (sec-policy/selinux-accountsd) ~amd64 If you don't want to do it I understand, but I still think it would be better. Anyways thanks for your time !
(In reply to ben.c.schubert from comment #7) > Yes I read it and did not understand exactly, as I don't see any gnome > dependencies pulled in by accountsservice : > > * dependency graph for sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.40 > `-- sys-apps/accountsservice-0.6.40 amd64 > `-- dev-libs/glib-2.44.1 (>=dev-libs/glib-2.37.3) ~amd64 > `-- sys-auth/polkit-0.113 (sys-auth/polkit) ~amd64 > `-- dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.44.0 gobject-instrospection and glib are being pulled by nearly all gnome packages. So yes these are actual gnome dependencies. If you suggest to make a useflag just for accountsservice in order to avoid pulling gnome-common I don't think this is going to happen
Well, glib is also an xfce dependency, even a qemu dependency, and gobject-introspection is pulled by the useflag "introspection" of lightdm, which is normally enabled too and pulled by many other packages. Anyways if it's a problem, I'll install manually accountsservice. Thanks a lot for your time !
