[gentoo-user] Re: Can't install emacs-cvs on semi-minimal install of gentoo (no X)

paulcol@×××××××××××××××××.au writes:

> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 09:05:30AM -0500, reader@×××××××.com wrote:
>> Folks.. I'm sorry to repost this under a new subject line... I got no
>> responses on a previous try... Is there someone here who is an emacs
>> user who might see whats going wrong with the emerge?  Or someone how
>> can just spot something in the error output that provides a clue for
>> me to dig with.
>>
>>
>> reader@×××××××.com writes:
>>
>> I want to get emacs-cvs installed on a machine with no X or xorg stuff
>> installed.   I want version 23 for the newly merged multi-tty
>> functionality. (a way to connect to a running emacs remotely)
>>
>> When I try to emerge it with these flags:
>>   root # emerge -v emacs-cvs
>> [...]
>>   [ebuild  N    ] app-editors/emacs-cvs-23.0.9999  USE="gpm xpm -X
>>   -Xaw3d -alsa -dbus -gif -gtk -gzip-el -hesiod -jpeg -kerberos
>>   -m17n-lib -motif -png -sound -source -spell -svg -tiff
>>   -toolkit-scroll-bars -xft"
>> [...]
>>   xfaces.c:(.text+0x42a6): undefined reference to `FONT_WEIGHT_NAME_NUMERIC'
>>   xfaces.c:(.text+0x42bb): undefined reference to `FONT_WEIGHT_NAME_NUMERIC'
>
>
> 'xpm' is a graphics format ( X Pix Map, IIRC) so that may be a problem.
> There is also a USE flag for Xface as well.
>
> Try adding '-xpm -xface' to your USE flags.

Well I can report that it wasn't the xpm flag.  I haven't tried with
-xface yet but wouldn't the output above have shown `xface' as one of
the USE flags if it was in fact being invoked?

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