drkonqi-6.3.91::kde needs systemd [solved]

[houtworm]

I use the unstable kde and now there is an update to 6.3.91
I refuse to update drkonqi because it also installs systemd and I use openrc.
Is there any solution for this?

Now I removed drkonqi with depclean and the problem seems solved, altough I am not happy that a KDE package needs systemd.

[Administrator edit: Changed title to note that this ebuild is from the ::kde overlay. Original title was drkonqi-6.3.91 needs systemd. -Hu]

[Hu]

Where do you see that a drkonqi-6.3.91 exists? As of the latest commit on Gentoo's GitHub mirror (0e4da80be1ccfebfef1c25935d12522306705f49), I see only drkonqi-6.3.5.ebuild. This ebuild has a USE=systemd flag that, if enabled, depends on systemd. I interpret this to mean that if your profile sets USE=-systemd, then this package will not require systemd.

When reporting a problem, please show the exact output that led you to believe a problem exists.

[houtworm]

Thanks for your reply Hu! Now I understand it a little better.

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!!! The following update has been skipped due to unsatisfied dependencies:

kde-plasma/drkonqi:6

  selected: (kde-plasma/drkonqi-6.3.80_p20250417:6/6::kde, installed)
  skipped: (kde-plasma/drkonqi-6.3.91:6/6::kde, ebuild scheduled for merge) (see unsatisfied dependency below)

!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "sys-apps/systemd:=" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- sys-apps/systemd-9999::gentoo (masked by: package.mask, missing keyword)
/var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/features/split-usr/package.mask:
# Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> (2023-12-07)
# Does not support split-usr filesystem geometry. Please migrate to
# a merged-usr profile.

- sys-apps/systemd-257.5::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
- sys-apps/systemd-257.3::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
- sys-apps/systemd-256.13::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
- sys-apps/systemd-256.12::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
- sys-apps/systemd-256.10::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
- sys-apps/systemd-254.24::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
/etc/portage/package.mask/mask:
#=www-client/chromium-135.0.7049.41

- sys-apps/systemd-254.22::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)

(dependency required by "kde-plasma/drkonqi-6.3.91::kde" [ebuild])
For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. 

drkonqi-6.3.91 is not in the gentoo repo but it is in the kde overlay. I have a split-user profile.
I could not find a -systemd in my profile but I have it in make.conf so it is set globally. And does not work for drkonqi. But it appeared that nothing depends on it so I removed drkonqi.

[Hu]

I see. Now that you mentioned the ::kde overlay, I found drkonqi-6.3.91::kde, and yes, that ebuild has a hard dependency on systemd. Since the older drkonqi ebuild does not have such a dependency, I assume that the change was deliberate and that the newer drkonqi really does need systemd. In particular, I see in the older 6.30.80 ebuild:

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		-DWITH_SYSTEMD=OFF # non-systemd snapshot before it was made required

From that, it seems very likely that the ebuild maintainer knew exactly what he was doing when he put the hard dependency in the 6.3.91 ebuild. It is not a mistake due to incomplete information, but instead is a reflection of upstream's choice to require users to run systemd.

Your split-usr profile is relevant here only in that you cannot use systemd with split-usr (anymore), so if you did want to switch to systemd, you would need to migrate to merged-usr. Since you are opposed to using systemd, you can stay on split-usr.

I think your only options now are:

• Switch to systemd
• Ban use of drkonqi on this system

[houtworm]

Thanks for your excellent answer Hu! Now I understand what is going on.
I can only hope that other KDE packages will never depend on systemd or else it will be a tough job for me to switch to systemd.

[asturm]

I think your only options now are:

• Switch to systemd
• Ban use of drkonqi on this system

[X] Restrict your drkonqi package.unmask to <6.3.90

[GDH-gentoo]

Relevant upstream commit.