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From: Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X porting: dependency changes
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:43:55
Message-Id: 200512072139.16592.jstubbs@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X porting: dependency changes by Donnie Berkholz
1 On Wednesday 07 December 2005 17:03, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
2 > Donnie Berkholz wrote:
3 > | As far as progress on this issue, we're looking into adopting glep 37
4 > | and creating a virtual/x11 ebuild to address this.
5 >
6 > I've just committed virtual/x11 to the tree. See
7 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112896 if you run into any
8 > problems with it.
9 >
10 > It won't work properly with macos yet because they use a "fake" package,
11 > so they'll have to hang on to virtual/x11 in the profiles.
12
13 It should work if the listed package matches what the macos profiles have in
14 package.provided...
15
16 > I plan to remove the virtual/x11 definition from base/virtuals in a
17 > couple of days, because this should provide a full (and non-broken)
18 > replacement.
19
20 This can be easily tested in advance by adding the following:
21
22 # cat /etc/portage/profile/virtuals
23 virtual/x11 -*
24
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26 Jason Stubbs
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X porting: dependency changes Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>