Re: [gentoo-dev] virtualx eclass

[Doug Goldstein <cardoe@gentoo.org>]

Doug Goldstein wrote:
> While the rule of thumb has been if an eclass needs something it should
> provide it's own depends. However the virtualx eclass needs to be
> different simply because in some cases it's only uses for tests (this is
> it's most common usage in the whole) tree. When it's used for tests
> pulling in the xorg-server the most ideal situation would be if
> xorg-server was only pulled in on USE=test because currently for anyone
> emerging an app that uses GTK+ they have a weird situation in the fact
> that all of GTK+'s depends that have USE=X use it to mean libX11 (as do
> most usages of the X USE flag), however GTK+ itself due to it's usage of
> the virtualx eclass pulls in xorg-server when USE=X, which is only used
> for tests. This results in a confusing experience for users looking to
> built a headless machine.
>
> It'd be a lot more consistent if ebuilds provided a USE flag or directly
> depended on the xorg-server and then used the functions in the eclass.
> So in summary, those are the changes I plan on making very shortly. If
> someone's got some input, please speak up.
>
>   
Dave Leverton brings up a better suggestion. Providing VIRTUALX_DEPS and
having the ebuild just toss that into it's depends as needed.