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2016-01-09 13:43 GMT+02:00 Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>: |
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>> On Fri, 8 January 2016, at 1:13 p.m., gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> 2016-01-08 13:50 GMT+02:00 Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>: |
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>>>> On Fri, 8 January 2016, at 12:32 a.m., gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> Just of curiosity compiled gtypist with nls use flag. |
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>>>> Now it accepts ru.typ! But it is a bug because nls flag |
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>>>> is supposed to only switch on the translation of the |
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>>>> corresponding menu and help messages. So, it should |
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>>>> accept ru.typ even if compiled without the nls use flag! |
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>>> I'm glad you're sorted. You should let the gtypist devs know of this bug. |
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>> Thank you for your help! |
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>> However, before turning to the gtypist devs, I should clarify one more, |
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>> may be stupid, question, namely: "Who is responsible for the correct |
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>> `functioning' of the use flags?" Because I always thought that the use |
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>> flags are a unique feature of the Gentoo distribution (and therefore, it |
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>> is the the Gentoo devs who are responsible for them) but your advice |
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>> above implies that it is not true. |
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> The ebuild is (mostly) just a wrapper for preceding software installation tools, like make and gcc. |
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> In a previous message you showed us that the Gtypist devs had asked you "Can you check whether this appears when running ./configure? Also, which arguments are used for ./configure?" |
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> In the case of the nls USE flag, the ebuild is just calling configure with certain arguments: |
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> src_configure() { |
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> econf $(use_enable nls) |
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> } |
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> src_install() { |
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> emake DESTDIR="${D}" install |
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> } |
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> Note the IUSE variable. This lists all (non-special) use flags that are |
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> used by the ebuild. This is used for the emerge -pv output, amongst |
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> other things. |
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> The package's ./configure script takes the usual --enable-nls or |
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> --disable-nls argument. We use the use_enable utility function to |
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> generate this automatically, depending on the user's USE flags (see |
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> Query Functions Reference). |
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> This is a top google hit for use_enable: https://devmanual.gentoo.org/quickstart/ |
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> Stroller. |
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Ok. Thank you for all your help and explanation. |
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P.S. I have read the document lead to by the link you provided in full |
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and now communicate all this to the gtypist devs. |