[gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2007-01-10 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-01-10, Bruno Espinoza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GTK (www.gtk.org) is a graphic interface library. It was used to create The GIMP and for writing GNOME. Obiously, this programs need a Windows System in order to run. Obviously wrong. They need X _client_libraries_ to run. There is not

[gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2007-01-10 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-01-10, Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --nextPart83488497.xmOgMQFcVB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 10 January 2007 06:48, Bruno Espinoza wrote: Obiously, this programs need

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2007-01-10 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 15:39, Grant Edwards wrote: Nope. It only needs it for the tests after successfull compilation. Which seems rather bogus to me. I'd agree that it would be better to have it depend on test use flag. But bogus? -- Bo Andresen pgpAwPDmVkKU1.pgp Description: PGP

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2007-01-09 Thread Bruno Espinoza
GTK (www.gtk.org) is a graphic interface library. It was used to create The GIMP and for writing GNOME. Obiously, this programs need a Windows System in order to run. And thats why it need the X Window System (Xorg) in order to compile succesfully. Have you ever see The GIMP in a terminal? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2007-01-09 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Saturday 06 January 2007 18:57, Enrico Weigelt wrote: But what exactly does it bring us ? (besides lots of confusion ?) Does it make any bit of sense pulling in an X server for building packages like GTK ? Would it do any harm removing this stuff from the ebuild ? It's needed if you have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2007-01-09 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 06:48, Bruno Espinoza wrote: Obiously, this programs need a Windows System in order to run. Sure. On the client system. Which doesn't have to be on the same system as the gtk app is installed on. And thats why it need the X Window System (Xorg) in order to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2007-01-06 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:23:07 +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote: By reading the virtualx.eclass file, I really wonder what this is necessary for. Why is an X server needed to build gtk ? Clearly it is not needed, otherwise it wouldn't be optional. But

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2007-01-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:23:07 +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote: By reading the virtualx.eclass file, I really wonder what this is necessary for. Why is an X server needed to build gtk ? Clearly it is not needed, otherwise it wouldn't be optional. -- Neil Bothwick There's more to life than sex,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2006-12-31 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Sunday 31 December 2006 03:44, Enrico Weigelt wrote: The X use flag is quite overloaded. It's exact meaning varies with different types of packages. In the gtk+ case it just pulls the xorg-server. Where exactly is this defined ? The X useflag doesnt seem to appear in the gtk ebuild.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2006-12-31 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the virtualx eclass which the gtk+ ebuild inherits [1]. # grep virtualx `portageq portdir`/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-2.10.6.ebuild inherit gnome.org flag-o-matic eutils debug autotools virtualx # grep 'X?' `portageq portdir`/eclass/virtualx.eclass

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2006-12-31 Thread Richard Fish
On 12/31/06, Enrico Weigelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By reading the virtualx.eclass file, I really wonder what this is necessary for. Why is an X server needed to build gtk ? You tell us: echo x11-base/xorg-server /etc/portage/package.provided emerge --oneshot x11-libs/gtk+ Then see what

[gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2006-12-30 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2006-12-30, Enrico Weigelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just check your use flags end compile gtk+ with USE=-X perhaps you misunderstood me: It pulls in the X-*SERVER*. Of course it requires the client libraries, but that's not the

[gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2006-12-30 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2006-12-30, Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just check your use flags end compile gtk+ with USE=3D-X perhaps you misunderstood me: It pulls in the X-*SERVER*. Of course it requires the client libraries, but that's not the point . No, there is no misunderstanding here. Just

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2006-12-30 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Saturday 30 December 2006 17:35, Grant Edwards wrote: No, there is no misunderstanding here. Just disable the X flag for gtk+ and it won't pull in xorg-server. I thought the -X flag meant not to build features that depend on X11 client support?  What's that got to do with whether a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server

2006-12-30 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The X use flag is quite overloaded. It's exact meaning varies with different types of packages. In the gtk+ case it just pulls the xorg-server. Where exactly is this defined ? The X useflag doesnt seem to appear in the gtk ebuild. cu --