media-tv/linuxtv-dvb-apps is completely obsolete, unmaintained and buggy. This is one of the few packages still using it. As its usage looks optional, could it be disabled? Thanks
it is really the only consumer now
Okay, I did a bit more digging on the status of this app (see also bug 626240 and bug 383993). It's not only dead and deprecated by upstream, but v4l-utils performs the same functions and is maintained: https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequency_scan#Comparison_of_DVB_frequency_scanning_commandline_utilities
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f3544384630a818ea97571db41ee93919ad9c719 commit f3544384630a818ea97571db41ee93919ad9c719 Author: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2017-12-04 22:11:05 +0000 Commit: James Le Cuirot <chewi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2017-12-04 22:20:07 +0000 media-tv/tvheadend: Version bump to 4.2.4 and 9999 update * Add support for dvbcsa via USE flag * Add support for dvben50221 via USE flag * Drop support for libav (fails version checks, missing symbols) * Source DTV scan tables from new media-tv/dtv-scan-tables package * Set tvheadend user HOME to /etc/tvheadend to allow for XMLTV data * Tighten up the systemd service unit * Add debug USE flag for trace support * Fix inotify kernel config check * Add ffmpeg sub-dependencies and associated USE flags (9999 only) Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/579048 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/579986 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/586448 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/588210 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/626238 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.16, Repoman-2.3.6 media-tv/tvheadend/Manifest | 5 +- .../files/tvheadend-4.0.9-use_system_queue.patch | 12 +++ .../files/tvheadend-4.2.1-hdhomerun.patch | 24 +++++ .../files/tvheadend-4.2.2-dtv_scan_tables.patch | 12 +++ media-tv/tvheadend/files/tvheadend.service | 15 ++- media-tv/tvheadend/metadata.xml | 12 ++- media-tv/tvheadend/tvheadend-4.2.4.ebuild | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++ media-tv/tvheadend/tvheadend-9999.ebuild | 90 +++++++++++----- 8 files changed, 253 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
I guess this should really be WONTFIX. linuxtv-dvb-apps is still needed for libdvben50221 support, which is why other distros still package it.
