glib20 and icu

[Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET]

> On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 15:40 -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > 	I'm trying to upgrade glib20, but it needs icu, but
> > I have icu2 already installed that is required by :
> >=20
> > gconf2-2.20.1
> > gnome-vfs-2.20.1
> > gnucash-2.2.3
> > gnucash-docs-2.2.0_2
> > goffice-0.4.3_3
> > gtkhtml3-3.12.3_2
> > libao-0.8.8
> > libbonoboui-2.20.0
> > libcroco-0.6.1
> > libgnome-2.20.1.1_1
> > libgnomeui-2.20.1.1
> > libgsf-gnome-1.14.7
> > libpurple-2.3.1_1
> > librsvg2-2.20.0
> > linc-1.0.3_6
> > pidgin-2.3.1
> > pulseaudio-0.9.8_1
> > sox-14.0.1
> > wv-1.2.4_1
> > yelp-2.20.0
> >=20
> > 	Can I just tell glib20 to use icu2 instead?
> 
> I don't think so, but I don't see why icu2 is required by these
> packages.  I don't see one that depends on icu2 directly.
> 
> Joe
> 
	It isn't apparently. Later on, I found that nothing
depended on icu2. I have no idea what happened that they all ended
up with it. 

	So I put into pkgtools.conf

  ALT_PKGDEP = {
        'devel/icu' => 'devel/icu2'
  }

	and I'm good to go.

		Thanks, Tuc