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On 8 July 2011, at 16:19, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> ...
> easy.
>=20
> Two USE flags: gtk2 and gtk3
>=20
> in ebuild:
>=20
> DEPEND=3D"
>    gtk2? (x11-libs/gtk+:2)
>    gtk3? (x11-libs/gtk+:3)
> "
>=20
> in src-configure() write the code such that it establishes a=20
> precedence
>=20
> If both flags are set, build against gtk+:3
> If only one flag is set, build against that toolkit
> If no flags are set, do something appropriate.

This is the way it was done for gtk vs. gtk2, but the bug has been =
updated since I first read it (over 24 hours ago) and apparently the =
Gnome team don't want the two separate flags in the future.

I'm not really a gtk or Gnome (or X11) user, so I don't really know, but =
the two separate flags did strike me as a bit of an ugly / clumsy way of =
doing things.=