What's plan for USE_LINUX with USE_XLIB?

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7 at cox.net> (Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:55:23 -0500):

> Hello folks,
> 
> I am not sure what's plan for USE_LINUX with USE_XLIB? I am maintaining  
> for www/linux-opera and this port is last one that have USE_XLIB in my  
> maintainship of ports. I am wondering if I should remove USE_XLIB from  
> linux-opera and manual add dependencies in Makefile or I should wait for  
> something to get change in future? Thanks.
> 
> BTW: Please CC to me as I am not in this list.

We used this to select the right X11 port during a transition period.
Strictly speaking it's not needed currently, but it will be needed in
the next transition period. Boris is working on a system like you use
in GNOME to select some linux dependencies. I think the X stuff is a
good candidate for this.

He wants to introduce this in the near future, so for now just keep the
USE_XLIB (the behavior is redefined in the USE_LINUX case anyway).

Bye,
Alexander.

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