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

singarcher
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aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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

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

andy
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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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
}

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

sarah31
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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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 wink


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

Xentac
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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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.


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

andy
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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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 ...).

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

sarah31
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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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


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#7 2003-11-11 18:39:05

Xentac
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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

Yeah, looks like a typo to me.


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#8 2003-11-12 14:36:29

singarcher
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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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

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#9 2003-11-12 16:04:51

sarah31
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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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.


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#10 2003-11-13 13:18:00

singarcher
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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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.

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#11 2003-11-13 15:33:43

Xentac
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Re: aterm background image (-pixmap option)

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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