gnome-control-center samba dependency

[Rngn237849]

Hi,

i am wondering if anybody else does want to use gnome without installing samba?

since recently samba (in fact only the smbclient library i beliefe) is a dependency of gnome-control-center (git.gnome.org commit). accordingly the new 3.23.91 version of the gnome-control-center ebuild also has a dependency on samba.

is there any chance of building gnome-control-center without samba support, and could this be done solely on a ebuild basis?

thx

[cboldt]

The samba dependency is driven by the USE flag "cups" for gnome-control-center.

I don't gnome, but there must be a way to manage your printer outside of gnome-control-center.

[Rngn237849]

hi,

up to 3.22.1 it was controled by the cups use flag. but since recently the printer panel is no longer optional in g-c-c (see link to gnome git above). so smbclient/samba is always required. this also reflects in the new (still masked) ebuild 3.23.91 where the cups use flag is no longer used.

i think its a gnome problem not specific to gentoo.

[krinn]

just another bra for the octopus

[cboldt]

FWIW, my preference is the opposite of yours. I install samba as a matter of routine, to make Linux/Win machines see each other on the LAN, and eschew gnome, kde, and their variants.

But if I was in your shoes, I'd simply avoid updating g-c-c beyond 3.22

You are right though g-c-c- 3.23 depends on samba, period, and that seems to be the direction the gnomes are taking, bless their hearts.

[krinn]

[Rngn237849]

maybe their configure environment changed and all will be resolved once the ebuild is stable...

@cboldt: a modular environment is always better imho

[Hu]

[Leio]

3.23/3.24 is p.masked for a reason. We hope to make it optional again before unmasking, or before stabling (help welcome). Till then, you get what you asked for when unmasking things.
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