2016-01-09 13:43 GMT+02:00 Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>: > >> On Fri, 8 January 2016, at 1:13 p.m., gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 2016-01-08 13:50 GMT+02:00 Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>: >>> >>>> On Fri, 8 January 2016, at 12:32 a.m., gevisz <gev...@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.