Chris Staub wrote: > Chris Staub wrote: >> >> Sorry, forgot one more detail (haven't tried building XChat text front >> end for a while...). If you don't have GTK, you have to pass >> "--enable-textfe" to configure to build the text client - otherwise it >> won't build *any* executable binary. > > Also, because of the build defaults - the GTK client is automatically > built if GTK is found, but the text client isn't never built unless you > specifically say to (probably because the text client just plain > sucks...irssi is much better...but no need to mention *that* in the book > :p) - GTK can probably be changed to a "Recommended" dependency > (certainly seems to be recommended by the developer...in fact the XChat > documentation lists GTK as "required", thought this isn't technically > true...seem to be going out of their way to keep anyone from knowing > about the text front end).
OK, I'll make it into recommended, but leave it at that. We expect users to look at ./configure --help for other options. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
