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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: qt3support USE flag. Is it needed now?
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:17:32
Message-Id: 201010072217.44326.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: qt3support USE flag. Is it needed now? by Nikos Chantziaras
1 Apparently, though unproven, at 22:03 on Thursday 07 October 2010, Nikos
2 Chantziaras did opine thusly:
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4 > On 10/07/2010 10:51 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
5 > > Apparently, though unproven, at 21:40 on Thursday 07 October 2010, Dale
6 > > did
7 > >
8 > > opine thusly:
9 > >> Hi,
10 > >>
11 > >> I have a question. I'm using KDE4, about to switch to 4.5.2. Do I need
12 > >> qt3support anymore? I'm talking about the USE flag qt3support. I run
13 > >> into blocks sometimes and I know KDE3 needed qt3. I'm just curious if I
14 > >> can get rid of this USE flag now. I only have KDE4 installed. No more
15 > >> KDE3 left that I know of.
16 > >
17 > > By and large you can't do without it. It supplies a Qt3 interface from
18 > > Qt4 so that Qt3 apps can run on Qt4.
19 >
20 > Nope, Qt3 apps can not run on Qt4. qt3support is for Qt4 apps, not Qt3
21 > apps.
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24 Arggghhhhh, yes, of course.
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26 Thinko happened here. Or maybe a sleepo (what you get with too little sleep).
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30 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com