I remember having problems with java and perl dependencies on the Gentoo
1.4 I think it was. I don't remember exactly what being 2 years ago and
that being my very first experience to Gentoo. I thought it had been
fixed but I don't know anymore. Setting -java in the USE flags was my
work around too and I have not had any problems. I have since added it
back in. It was just required for the initial build for me.
John C. Shimek
Duncan wrote:
Mark posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below,
on Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:54:37 -0400:
Well, I *think* I have it figured out. After setting up the logging, I
fired up the build again, and when it finally failed, there was a message
"you need perl 5" during the openssl package install. So I tried emerging
perl by itself, and it fails because the java ebuild was not in the
portage directory. So I changed java in my USE= list to -java, and
restarted the build. So far, it's going well. My question I guess is, did
I come up with the right solution, or will having -java in my USE= list
cause me problems later on?
As Jared says, nothing in the system or normal non-system core packages
require Java (save for OOo, which might, I know the 2.x versions do, if
you call that "core" for your use). USE=-java /does/ speed up gcc compile
time in particular, and as long as you don't have any specific packages in
your personal "must-have" list that are Java based, it should be fine.
For this reason, it's likely many/most devs and list regulars have
USE=-java, so system building with +java is likely far less tested than
with -java. It's quite possible there's some circular dependency issue
involving the java USE flag, that simply hasn't been discovered yet, for
that reason. Once you get your USE=-java emerge --emptytree completed, if
desired, you can probably reactivate USE=java and do an emerge --newuse,
with no further issues. If indeed that's the case, and you feel like
pursuing the issue far enough to file a decent bug report on whatever
circular dependency was killing the emerge --emptytree, with USE=java,
it's quite likely the devs involved would be appreciative, as those
circular dependency issues can be tough to track down, as well as
challenging to resolve, but doing so results in a much more dependable
Gentoo.
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