aterm background image (-pixmap option)

singarcher · 2003-11-11 01:20:23

Hi,
Has anybody got aterm -pixmap option working in ARCH? I tried, but got the following error :
"aterm: bad option "-pixmap""

Any suggetions?

Thanks,
Singarcher

andy · 2003-11-11 08:54:07

I just double checked it. It turns out this is a bug in the PKGBUILD. I will file a bug report right after this post. If you are desperate, use this PKGBUILD in the meantime :

pkgname=aterm
pkgver=0.4.2
pkgrel=3
pkgdesc="An xterm replacement with transparency support"
depends=('xfree86')
source=(http://download.sourceforge.net/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz 
        linuxkeys.patch)

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  patch -Np1 -i ../linuxkeys.patch
  ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-transparency=yes 
    --enable-background-image --enable-fading --enable-menubar 
    --enable-graphics
  make || return 1
  make prefix=$startdir/pkg/usr install
}

sarah31 · 2003-11-11 11:50:13

andy wrote:

I just double checked it. It turns out this is a bug in the PKGBUILD.

its only a bug if you want the pixmap option

Xentac · 2003-11-11 17:22:48

Sarah's got a point. As developers we can't just enable all the options and make everyone install entire systems. Instead we have to figure out the good subset of options to cover the needs of most people.

andy · 2003-11-11 17:39:22

errr, ok, now this is getting into a misunderstanding. The current PKGBUILD has the line

--enable-background-imageyes

this most certainly is not a recognized option. configure simply ignores it. The original author certainly meant

--enable-background-image

Is this a bug ? I, at least, filed a bug report (where it is explained as detailed as here ...).

sarah31 · 2003-11-11 18:33:11

no harm in filing it don't get me wrong. in this case it likely is a typo.

Xentac · 2003-11-11 18:39:05

Yeah, looks like a typo to me.

singarcher · 2003-11-12 14:36:29

I guess it is a typo... anyway i will wait for the new package :-)
Thanks....
Singarcher.

sarah31 · 2003-11-12 16:04:51

you can rebuild it yourself using abs. it would take maybe a minute to do the editing while you may have to wait a bit for the package to be upgraded otherwise.

singarcher · 2003-11-13 13:18:00

i was too lazy and didn't know that it is so easy. Thanks. i build the new package and my aterms are beautifull now :-) How do i upload the new package to arch ftp?

Thanks,
Singarcher.

Xentac · 2003-11-13 15:33:43

Don't upload a change like that. Incoming is made for new packages to be considered for adding to the archlinux repos.

Instead submit a bug report so that the maintainer can fix it.

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#1 2003-11-11 01:20:23

aterm background image (-pixmap option)

#2 2003-11-11 08:54:07

Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

#3 2003-11-11 11:50:13

Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

#4 2003-11-11 17:22:48

Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

#5 2003-11-11 17:39:22

Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

#6 2003-11-11 18:33:11

Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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