Tried to do an update today. Gnumeric has a new dependancy, namely
goffice. Trying to build goffice fails with the following message...
* Messages for package x11-libs/goffice-0.6.1:
* Please rebuild x11-libs/cairo with svg support enabled
* echo "x11-libs/cairo svg" >> /etc/portage/package.use
* emerge -1 x11-libs/cairo
* Please rebuild dev-libs/libpcre with unicode support enabled
* echo "dev-libs/libpcre unicode" >> /etc/portage/package.use
* emerge -1 dev-libs/libpcre
*
* ERROR: x11-libs/goffice-0.6.1 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 1717: Called dyn_setup
* ebuild.sh, line 768: Called qa_call 'pkg_setup'
* ebuild.sh, line 44: Called pkg_setup
* goffice-0.6.1.ebuild, line 64: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* [ -n "${diemessage}" ] && die ${diemessage}
* The die message:
* No SVG support found in cairo. No unicode support found in libpcre.
*
* If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if
relevant.
* A complete build log is located at
'/var/log/portage/x11-libs:goffice-0.6.1:20080113-232058.log'.
SVG is an OpenSource replacement for Schlockwave-Trash, to be used for
creating singing/dancing webpages. Unicode is great if you're building
a desktop for use in the library room of the United Nations. There is
no real need for it on a single-language desktop machine. Can someone
explain the so-called "logic" behind these mandatory dependancies *IN A
SPREADSHEET*? Is there a way to to modify the ebuild to remove the
dependancies without blowing up the compile?
One reason that linux has finally started to come into its own is that
it can fit onto under-specced machines like the OLPC and Asus EEE, on
which XP has trouble fitting, and Vista is "totally fuggedaboutit".
That advantage risks being ruined if we follow the "Windows Disease" and
insist on unnecessarily bloating basic apps.
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Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm not repeating myself
I'm an X Window user... I'm an ex-Windows-user
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