Bug 302860

Summary:	net-misc/putty - gtk2 support
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Iskren Slavov <iskren.s>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) <jer>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Iskren Slavov 2010-01-30 10:59:04 UTC

I found that the latest trunk of PuTTY works with GTK2 (Not with GTK1 which is a bit aged).

I compiled from source here and it works.

The information how to do this is here:
http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/open-source-apps/putty-gtk2

Please make an ebuild if possible for the gtk2 version of PuTTY.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-01-31 21:07:24 UTC

We shouldn't need a new package (hence the Summary change) - maybe just a new USE flag or switch from GTK+-1 version GTK+-2 completely.

Comment 2 Iskren Slavov 2010-01-31 21:37:37 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> We shouldn't need a new package (hence the Summary change) - maybe just a new
> USE flag or switch from GTK+-1 version GTK+-2 completely.
> 

Yes a new USE flag is better idea. Or mabe an SVN marked as ~unstable :)

Comment 3 Iskren Slavov 2010-01-31 21:38:17 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > We shouldn't need a new package (hence the Summary change) - maybe just a new
> > USE flag or switch from GTK+-1 version GTK+-2 completely.
> > 
> 
> Yes a new USE flag is better idea. Or mabe an SVN marked as ~unstable :)
> 
Sorry about that. I meant an SVN source version marked as ~unstable.

Comment 4 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-02-01 00:59:24 UTC

I've bumped it.

Comment 5 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-02-01 01:03:12 UTC

The new ebuild (based on a snapshot from 31 Jan 2010[1]) supports x11-libs/gtk+:2 (but not version 1, which should and will go away in time) and should turn up on your local mirror shortly. Thanks for reporting!

I dropped the USE=gtk altogether since it's my perception that it's not really upstream's idea to make the main utility itself optional, which is visible in the build system as well - there is no configure option that turns GTK+ support off in the first place.


[1] Let's hope there will be a newer release some time soon after this snapshot!

Comment 6 Iskren Slavov 2010-02-01 07:53:23 UTC

This is great, Jean! Will try the new ebuild as soon as possible. I hope it works flawlessly. 

Thank you so much :)