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From: Steev Klimaszewski <steev@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev]
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:20:35
Message-Id: 1152835983.26625.0.camel@sigma.crm.s4f.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] by Ser Gio
1 On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 01:02 +0100, Ser Gio wrote:
2 > On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:19:44 +0200
3 > Jakub Moc <jakub@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 > > Ser Gio wrote:
6 > > > Hello,
7 > > >
8 > > > Why does x11-libs/gtk+-2.8.19 has the "X" useflag? The ebuild
9 > > > doesn't look like it's using it.
10 > > >
11 > > > thanks,
12 > > > Sérgio
13 > >
14 > > Because virtualx.eclass has it in IUSE and the ebuild inherits it.
15 >
16 > Yes, i noticed that. But, for the enduser, the X flag in gtk+ is
17 > useless right? So, is it a bug?
18 >
19 > Regards,
20 > Sérgio Martins
21
22 Actually, as of 2.10, gtk+ CAN be built without X and using the
23 framebuffer, so you can build gtk+ apps against the framebuffer (using
24 them, is another story... although I hear GIMP works) so having it
25 there isn't necessarily useless.
26
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