On 2011-04-01, Neil Bothwick <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 20:40:33 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> How do I convince portage that viewvc does not require an external web >> server and I don't want apache or webappconifg installed? > > It's a web app,
Yes, it can be a "web app". It can also be run stand-alone using its own web server with no external dependancies other than python and support for the VC system you want to use. It seems a bit un-Gentoo to allow only the former option rather than give the user a choice. > so I'm not surprised it depends on a web server. I am, since it doesn't require a separate web server, it shouldn't depend on a separate web server. > Try putting apache in /etc/portage/profile/package.provided. That seems like a kludge that's likely to cause problems later. ISTM that the ebuild is broken. I'll have to take a shot at fixing the ebuild so it doesn't depend on apache and webapp-config unless you install it USE flags telling it you want it to use apache and webapp-config. -- Grant
