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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:04:51
Message-Id: 20070106175708.GA20396@nibiru.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server by Neil Bothwick
1 * Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:23:07 +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
3 >
4 > > By reading the virtualx.eclass file, I really wonder what this
5 > > is necessary for. Why is an X server needed to build gtk ?
6 >
7 > Clearly it is not needed, otherwise it wouldn't be optional.
8
9 But what exactly does it bring us ? (besides lots of confusion ?)
10 Does it make any bit of sense pulling in an X server for building
11 packages like GTK ?
12
13 Would it do any harm removing this stuff from the ebuild ?
14
15
16 cu
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19 Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/
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21 Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce:
22 http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce
23 Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions:
24 http://patches.metux.de/
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server Bruno Espinoza <bruno32@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server "Bo Ørsted Andresen" <bo.andresen@××××.dk>