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Bug 384033 - package xvfb-run wrapper script for x11-base/xorg-server[xvfb]
Summary: package xvfb-run wrapper script for x11-base/xorg-server[xvfb]
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Default Assignee for New Packages
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Reported: 2011-09-21 23:24 UTC by Denilson Sá Maia
Modified: 2016-11-06 14:59 UTC (History)
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Description Denilson Sá Maia 2011-09-21 23:24:28 UTC
Some distros come with a handy "xvfb-run" wrapper script that starts Xvfb, runs the supplied command, and later stops Xvfb.

It would be nice if emerging x11-base/xorg-server with +xvfb USE flag would install such script.

Related (and old) Debian bug report:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=363373

Debian repository with xvfb-run script and manpage:
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-xorg/xserver/xorg-server.git;a=tree;f=debian/local;hb=HEAD

It's probably also available from Fedora repository.
Comment 1 Thomas Raschbacher gentoo-dev 2014-05-03 22:21:36 UTC
poke. what is the status on this?
Comment 2 Steve Gillespie 2014-05-03 22:30:59 UTC
I found a copy of the script: http://www.flexthinker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/xvfb-run.sh.txt

Until it's included, for those that don't know, just wget the file, mv to /usr/bin/xvfb-run, and chmod +x.
Comment 3 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2014-05-04 09:58:02 UTC
I assume those distros use such a script for packaging purposes. We already have an equivalent script available in the virtualx eclass so that's why we don't ship an xvfb-run script.

Since it's not part of the upstream source and we already have the needed functionality elsewhere (as far as packaging is concerned), I'm not thrilled at the idea of maintaining in portage a script that we (the maintainers) will never use.

I'll let others from the X11 team comment, but it's a no-go from me.
Comment 4 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev 2014-05-30 12:53:00 UTC
I agree. If someone else wishes to package this, feel free to do so.
Comment 5 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev 2014-06-13 13:40:46 UTC
It seems that the python team recently added a similar package, dev-python/xvfbwrapper

If that package is the same as the one from this bug, then this bug could be closed.
Comment 6 Mirko Guenther 2014-06-25 07:44:12 UTC
(In reply to Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn from comment #5)
> It seems that the python team recently added a similar package,
> dev-python/xvfbwrapper
> 
> If that package is the same as the one from this bug, then this bug could be
> closed.

'dev-python/xvfbwrapper' is intented to start a xvfb instance from within a python script while 'xvfb-run' is for use in console.
Comment 7 Patrice Clement gentoo-dev 2016-11-06 14:59:09 UTC
Closing as per Chí-Thanh's last comment.