Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: new local USE var: vim-with-x

[Martin Schlemmer]

On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 05:32, Aron Griffis wrote:
> Hi Björn,
>
> Björn Lindström wrote:	[Mon Apr 28 2003, 09:16:44PM EDT]
> > This is really ugly. The expected behaviour would doubtlessly be that
> > USE=X means that vim will have X support.
> >
> > Wouldn't using X combined with a suitable ewarning be better?
>
> Unfortunately I think you are wrong.  Most users that I have encountered
> do not expect "emerge vim" to pull in xfree, even when USE=X.  This is a
> very frequently asked question on IRC and in the mailing lists.
>

This thread got way too long, so I will skip it ... say if this was
suggested before.

Lets see if we got this right:

  We do not want vim to pull in X, but in some cases we still want it
  to be able to use X (not gvim, but vim with X hooks).

What about for normal vim:

1)  Do not take heed of the 'X' use flag, except then it is '-X',
    or [ -z "`use X`" ], and then disabled it totally.

2)  Do not DEPEND on X under any circumstances.

3)  Do however build X support if we detect X ... meaning, do not
    add a --with-x or --without-x (or whatever), except for 1).

We then will have vim that do not pull in X, but if you really want
X support, you just go:

  # emerge xfree vim

if X is not already installed.



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Martin Schlemmer
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer
Cape Town, South Africa