How To: Force "sdl" to use fcitx5 instead of fcitx4

[thorn laurel]

I added app-i18n/fcitx ~amd64 to package.accept_keywords and it did nothing lmfao sadge...

[still shuttle]

Which sdl ebuild are we talking about here? media-libs/libsdl, media-libs/libsdl2 or something else?

Looks like libsdl2 depends on app-i18n/fcitx while libsdl does not. The stable ebuild of libsdl2 explicitly requests app-i18n/fcitx:4 (slot 4, locked to version 4) https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/media-libs/libsdl2/libsdl2-2.28.5.ebuild#n41. Same is true for the latest testing ebuild https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/media-libs/libsdl2/libsdl2-2.30.1.ebuild#n41

[thorn laurel]

yeah so how do I force it to use fcitx5 instead of fcitx4 since the actual slot is app-i18n/fcitx

I already saw that there was a bump to move the version to fcitx5 but so far no movement

[still shuttle]

You would need to create your own local repository, copy the ebuild and its structure, modify it to use slot 5, regenerate manifests and use it instead of the one in the main repository. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Creating_an_ebuild_repository

[thorn laurel]

oh

sadge... ok I get it thanks

[slim fiber]

isn't really that complex though @thorn laurel