On 19/08/2013 06:52, Wang Xuerui wrote: > 2013/8/19 东方巽雷 <dongfangxun...@gmail.com>: >> libreoffice-bin needs older icu version,libreoffice need so much time to >> compile > > libreoffice-bin (at this time only 4.0.4.2 is present) requests > icu/51.1, while the latest is slotted 51.2. I don't know of any > package that specifically asks for such a new version of icu; a quick > equery on my system shows this: > > equery depends icu > * These packages depend on icu: > app-i18n/fcitx-4.2.8.1 (icu ? dev-libs/icu) > app-office/libreoffice-4.1.0.4 (>=dev-libs/icu-4.8.1.1) > app-text/libmspub-0.0.6 (dev-libs/icu) > app-text/texlive-core-2013 (xetex ? >=dev-libs/icu-50) > dev-db/sqlite-3.7.17 (icu ? dev-libs/icu) > dev-lang/php-5.4.18 (intl ? dev-libs/icu) > dev-lang/php-5.5.1-r1 (intl ? dev-libs/icu) > dev-libs/boost-1.53.0 (icu ? >=dev-libs/icu-3.6) > dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.1-r1 (icu ? dev-libs/icu) > dev-qt/qtcore-4.8.5 (icu ? >=dev-libs/icu-49) > dev-qt/qtwebkit-4.8.5 (icu ? dev-libs/icu) > dev-tex/bibtexu-3.71_p20130530 (>=dev-libs/icu-4.4) > media-libs/harfbuzz-0.9.18-r1 (icu ? dev-libs/icu) > media-libs/libcdr-0.0.14 (dev-libs/icu) > media-libs/libvisio-0.0.30 (dev-libs/icu) > media-libs/raptor-2.0.9 (unicode ? dev-libs/icu) > net-libs/webkit-gtk-1.8.3-r201 (>=dev-libs/icu-3.8.1-r1) > net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.0.4 (>=dev-libs/icu-3.8.1-r1) > net-nds/openldap-2.4.35 (icu ? dev-libs/icu) > sys-apps/gptfdisk-0.8.6 (icu ? dev-libs/icu) > (icu ? dev-libs/icu[static-libs(+)]) > www-client/chromium-29.0.1547.41 (>=dev-libs/icu-49.1.1-r1) > > So at least nothing installed on my system requires a recent icu to > run. Thus, you shouldn't have problems setting up libreoffice-bin; if > you indeed have to stick with the latest icu, share with us your > specific setup and we'll be glad to help. >
NOT upgrading icu on a whim also comes with massive user benefits: such as, for example, NOT having to rebuild every damn huge piece of software on the box every other week just coz icu decided to change how something is done and shove it into a point release. Again. </rant over> -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
