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From: Lina Pezzella <J4rg0n@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X porting: dependency changes
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:58:04
Message-Id: B84E0A8D-6A27-422C-A146-664B9458200F@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X porting: dependency changes by Grobian
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5 On Nov 22, 2005, at 4:13 AM, Grobian wrote:
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7 > On 21-11-2005 19:15:58 -0800, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
8 >> | virtual/x11 isn't xorg for all profiles.
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10 >> Perhaps the relevant people (macos?) could get in touch with me,
11 >> and we
12 >> can figure out what needs to happen.
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14 >> It may be that we'll need to add x11-base/apple-xfree into the ||
15 >> list
16 >> as well. Using the virtual is not an option right now, because of the
17 >> previously mentioned bug.
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19 > OSX doesn't have Xorg (yet?), so it would indeed cause some trouble
20 > for
21 > us right now. Since we're outnumbered here, I'd vote to make the
22 > change that is compatible with the majority of users right now. I'm
23 > affraid it would just boil down to dropping the ppc-macos keyword on
24 > those packages that get xorg dependency. The mentioned || list is an
25 > issue for more than xorg, so it should be considered some more IMHO.
26 > Kito, can you agree with this, or do you have another 'solution'?
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28 I would want to know exactly how many keywords would be dropped with
29 this solution. I would hate to see something that is working
30 perfectly fine having support dropped due to syntax troubles in an
31 ebuild...
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33 - --Lina Pezzella
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X porting: dependency changes Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>