GTK (www.gtk.org) is a graphic interface library. It was used to create The GIMP and for writing GNOME. Obiously, this programs need a Windows System in order to run. And thats why it need the X Window System (Xorg) in order to compile succesfully. Have you ever see The GIMP in a terminal? I don't think so.

2007/1/6, Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>:
* Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:23:07 +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
>
> > By reading the virtualx.eclass file, I really wonder what this
> > is necessary for. Why is an X server needed to build gtk ?
>
> Clearly it is not needed, otherwise it wouldn't be optional.

But what exactly does it bring us ? (besides lots of confusion ?)
Does it make any bit of sense pulling in an X server for building
packages like GTK ?

Would it do any harm removing this stuff from the ebuild ?


cu
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