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From: Michael Cummings <mcummings@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk's X use flag
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:17:10
Message-Id: 44B77BD3.6070304@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk's X use flag by Tuan Van
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4 Tuan Van wrote:
5 > Jakub Moc wrote:
6 >> Ser Gio wrote:
7 >>> Hello,
8 >>>
9 >>> Why does x11-libs/gtk+-2.8.19 has the "X" useflag? The ebuild doesn't
10 >>> look like it's using it.
11 >>>
12 >>> thanks,
13 >>> Sérgio
14 >> Because virtualx.eclass has it in IUSE and the ebuild inherits it.
15 >>
16 >>
17 >
18 > I hate it when this happens.
19 > I have an ebuild inherits perl-app. It pulls in minimal and perl
20 > USE-flags. kinda misleading.
21 >
22 > Tuan
23
24 The perl use flag is to avoid make perl a dep for every package that
25 inherits the eclass even if perl isn't in your personal USE flags.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk's X use flag Jakub Moc <jakub@g.o>