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On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:10:37 -0400 |
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Aron Griffis <agriffis@g.o> wrote: |
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> Bill Kenworthy wrote: [Tue Apr 29 2003, 02:36:17AM EDT] |
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> > Because if you build vim with X in your use flags and you try and |
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> > run"vim" from a non-X console or a console ssh session it wont run! |
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> > I have had to stuff around compiling vim with USE="-X" with two |
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> > machines now so I could fix other problems from a console remote |
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> > login. vim should default to -X unless overidden specifically and |
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> > locally. Note that you do want X support for most other apps |
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> > though, so honouring a global USE is not a good idea for vim.. |
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> Just to throw one more thought out there... The behavior you describe |
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> above is actually a bug. It's fixed in vim 6.1.474 and in 6.2a. I |
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> haven't put 6.1.474 into portage because of the existence of 6.2a and |
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> because I don't know if there's a gtk2 patch for 6.1.474. |
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> The bug is this: vim normally detects if the X connection fails and |
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> falls back to pure text mode. However for a while during the 6.1 |
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> patches, it would fail under some circumstances and return you to a |
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> prompt. |
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That explains why it worked when I just tested the condition that was |
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causing me failures before. |
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> In truth the fact that this bug has been remedied makes it more |
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> plausible to depend on the global USE=X, but I'm still concerned about |
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> first-time installs. |
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I don't think that is a big issue. If you want X installed you will |
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install it, so whether it is pulled in when you install vim or at some |
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other point is not such a big issue. You can always override at the |
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command line for the initial build, and once X is installed linking to |
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it is not a problem now that it still works if X is not available. |
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So I now change my vote to going back to using the normal X use flag. |
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