trying gimp with gimp-print-5

[hunky]

I have gimp-2.0.6 and would like to try to upgrade to 2.2.7. However, I have an Epson printer than needs gimp-print-5 rather than the 4.2 (or whatever). So I have it working with the 5 beta version. If I try to emerge the latest gimp with --nodeps, it complains with the following error. The error is informative but I don't know how to set the GIMPPRINT_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to gimpprint-config.

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checking for gimpprint-config... no
checking for GIMP-PRINT - version >= 4.2.0... no
*** The gimpprint-config script installed by GIMP-PRINT could not be found
*** If GIMP-PRINT was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GIMPPRINT_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to gimpprint-config.
configure: error:
*** Check for libgimpprint failed. You can download it from
*** http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ or you can build without it by passing
*** --disable-print to configure (but you won't be able to print then).

!!! Please attach the config.log to your bug report:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/gimp-2.2.7/work/gimp-2.2.7/config.log

!!! ERROR: media-gfx/gimp-2.2.7 failed.

I'm researching this and may find it on my own, but if anyone wants to help save me some time, I would be very grateful.

cheers, Hunky

[hunky]

ok, I've narrowed it down to a bug in the gimp ebuild. I think someone else has already filed a bug on it. In the ebuild, it specifies that gimp use the gimp-print-4.2* version. So my question is, how to fix it? I tried editing the ebuild to use gimp-print-5.0*, but it fails on the md5 verification. How do you edit an ebuild and get it to pass the verification?

cheers, Hunky

[Evil Dark Archon]

add -strict to the FEATURES in make.conf

[hunky]

Ok, learned something there. Hadn't used FEATURES before. It worked to get by the md5 check. But even with the line in the ebuild changed to gimp-print-5.0*, gimp emerge still looks for the gimp-print-4.2.0 and errors out with the same error message as above. I'll look for that bug and see if there's a clue what to do. I'm missing something simple here. I did a search for the gimpprint-config on my system and it did not find it - despite having emerged gimp-print-5.0.3-beta.

Thanks for the info. Cheers, Hunky