From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j2CAgmLg023805 for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:42:49 GMT Received: from [213.134.113.127] (helo=[10.122.0.61]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1DA451-0004RV-L0 for gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:42:48 +0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] virtual/term? From: Spider To: gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <423263D3.4000304@gentoo.org> References: <42313E70.5020700@gentoo.org> <20050312023526.GA20707@time.flatmonk.org> <423263D3.4000304@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Z3m2+9n1+1ns5aAn7Iz1" Organization: Gentoo Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 11:45:08 +0100 Message-Id: <1110624309.6927.7.camel@Darkmere> Precedence: bulk List-Post: , , List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.0 X-Archives-Salt: a7141c06-3cbc-4a9d-8e76-61d7de176d62 X-Archives-Hash: d6e5af647b7181c8ffc5044dd23e120c --=-Z3m2+9n1+1ns5aAn7Iz1 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 19:36 -0800, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 > Aron Griffis wrote: > > That bug is complaining that xterm is installed, and requests that it > > not be necessary. I don't see how this leads to virtual/term, > > though. After all, they didn't request Gentoo to make sure there is > > a terminal installed. >=20 > You are correct that this wasn't the request. It was a potential > solution to that request that had previously been discussed among X > folks as a solution to the problem that people had another terminal > emulator and didn't want two. >=20 > > How about making a local USE "xterm" for xorg-x11, then adding it to > > the default list? Then such users can USE=3D-xterm and they'll be all > > set. >=20 > I've already elaborated on how we provide a complete X implementation as > upstream does. We've just taken the liberty of splitting it out into two > separate ebuilds, one for xterm and one for everything else. >=20 > A terminal emulator is not considered an optional part of a complete X > implementation. I'm willing to deviate from that by saying any emulator > could be acceptable rather than just xterm, but perhaps that was a bad id= ea. Worth noticing here. The -default- X environment launches xterms, and will break without xterm. This is the same for any and all tests that are documented in "get X to work" things. =20 So, if you are in that situation, xterm is not optional. :-) And frankly, I don't think you want to build in "find my xterm" logic in the X startup scripts. //Spider --=20 begin .signature Tortured users / Laughing in pain See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end --=-Z3m2+9n1+1ns5aAn7Iz1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCMsg0ZS9CZTi033kRAvxFAKCaoEmg2HaGJPgtDqcmML+VXv74xACdG4bU pVUm4X10HAI2MlHon4KqfGk= =t9RG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Z3m2+9n1+1ns5aAn7Iz1-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list