On Sunday 31 December 2006 03:44, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> > The X use flag is quite overloaded. It's exact meaning varies
> > with different types of packages. In the gtk+ case it just
> > pulls the xorg-server.
>
> Where exactly is this defined ? The X useflag doesnt seem
> to appear in the gtk ebuild.

In the virtualx eclass which the gtk+ ebuild inherits [1].

# grep virtualx `portageq portdir`/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-2.10.6.ebuild
inherit gnome.org flag-o-matic eutils debug autotools virtualx

# grep 'X?' `portageq portdir`/eclass/virtualx.eclass
DEPEND="X? ( || ( x11-base/xorg-server virtual/x11 ) )"

[1] http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/using-eclasses/index.html

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Bo Andresen