Most KDE packages need an arts USE flag!

crimson

I don't want arts installed, it causes nothing but problems for me, and I don't have any need for it. However, almost all of the kde programs I've compiled have failed unless I edit the ebuild and add the --without-arts configure option.

My question is.. Since there is an arts USE flag, why not include support in the kde ebuilds for not using arts? It's as simple as

use arts || myconf="${myconf} --without-arts"

And the emerge is successful. Just a suggestion, should I file a bug report?

monotux · Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2004 11:28 pm Post subject:

I can't see any problem here.

crimson · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:35 am Post subject:

retribute, my point is that K3B and many kde apps don't support the ARTS USE flag. When indeed they should. Yeah, kde does work without arts by the way, and thats the way I like it.

dwn · n00b Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 24

crimson, i'm in the same boat. i did the exact same thing.

...but is it just the kdelibs that needs the --without-arts flag because, it is the only one that fails without having arts compiled. i used `emerge --nodeps kdelibs kdebase etc...`, and it failed while configuring, but all the others worked

shm · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 4:12 am Post subject:

note that completely disabling arts from kcontrol actually works in kde 3.2.1.
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