Re: [gentoo-user] Gtypist does not accept ru.typ

[gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com>]

2016-01-09 13:43 GMT+02:00 Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>:
>
>> On Fri, 8 January 2016, at 1:13 p.m., gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 2016-01-08 13:50 GMT+02:00 Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 8 January 2016, at 12:32 a.m., gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just of curiosity compiled gtypist with nls use flag.
>>>> Now it accepts ru.typ! But it is a bug because nls flag
>>>> is supposed to only switch on the translation of the
>>>> corresponding menu and help messages. So, it should
>>>> accept ru.typ even if compiled without the nls use flag!
>>>
>>> I'm glad you're sorted. You should let the gtypist devs know of this bug.
>>
>> Thank you for your help!
>>
>> However, before turning to the gtypist devs, I should clarify one more,
>> may be stupid, question, namely: "Who is responsible for the correct
>> `functioning' of the use flags?" Because I always thought that the use
>> flags are a unique feature of the Gentoo distribution (and therefore, it
>> is the the Gentoo devs who are responsible for them) but your advice
>> above implies that it is not true.
>
> The ebuild is (mostly) just a wrapper for preceding software installation tools, like make and gcc.
>
> In a previous message you showed us that the Gtypist devs had asked you "Can you check whether this appears when running ./configure? Also, which arguments are used for ./configure?"
>
> In the case of the nls USE flag, the ebuild is just calling configure with certain arguments:
>
>    src_configure() {
>        econf $(use_enable nls)
>    }
>
>    src_install() {
>        emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
>    }
>
>    Note the IUSE variable. This lists all (non-special) use flags that are
>    used by the ebuild. This is used for the emerge -pv output, amongst
>    other things.
>
>    The package's ./configure script takes the usual --enable-nls or
>    --disable-nls argument. We use the use_enable utility function to
>    generate this automatically, depending on the user's USE flags (see
>    Query Functions Reference).
>
> This is a top google hit for use_enable: https://devmanual.gentoo.org/quickstart/
>
> Stroller.

Ok. Thank you for all your help and explanation.

P.S. I have read the document lead to by the link you provided in full
       and now communicate all this to the gtypist devs.