Hi! Quite a number of packages support a X USE flag. The package that I'm right now looking at is vlc:
[ebuild R ] media-video/vlc-0.8.4a USE="alsa arts cdda dvd esd ffmpeg matroska mp3 mpeg nls nsplugin ogg real vlm vorbis win32codecs wxwindows xml2 xv -3dfx -X -a52 -aac -aalib -avahi -bidi -corba -daap -debug -dts -dvb -fbcon -flac -ggi -gnutls -hal -httpd -joystick -libcaca -lirc -live -mod -ncurses -opengl -oss -png -samba -screen -sdl -shout -skins -speex -stream -svg -svga -theora -truetype -v4l -vcd -xinerama -xosd" 0 kB As you can see, I built vlc with USE=-X. What am I now missing? When I startup vlc, I still have a X GUI. A different example - gnupg: [ebuild R ] app-crypt/gnupg-1.4.2-r3 USE="X caps* ecc* idea* nls readline static* usb zlib -bzip2* -curl* -ldap -smartcard" 21 kB As you can see here, gnupg is built with the flag X set. What has been enabled with that? Also quite a number of libraries support X, like [I--] [ ] gnome-base/libbonoboui-2.10.1-r1 (0) [I--] [ ] gnome-base/libgnomecanvas-2.12.0 (0) [I--] [ ] gnome-base/libgtop-2.12.2 (2) [I--] [ ] gnome-base/libglade-0.17-r6 (0) What do all of these do with X? And what would go away if X were disabled (-X)? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- <Espy> we need to split main into"core" and "wtf-uses-this" -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
