Gentoo Development Guide

GDESKLETS.ECLASS

Section: portage (5)
Updated: May 2013
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NAME

gdesklets.eclass - Installation functions for Desklets and Controls supported by gDesklets

DESCRIPTION

The gdesklets eclass provides a simple way to create ebuilds for globally installing desktop applets ("Desklets") and supporting code ("Controls") used in the gDesklets framework (provided by gnome-extra/gdesklets-core)

This eclass assumes a package following the instructions at http://gdesklets.de/index.php?q=node/2 . Specifically, the package should be a Desklet or Control ONLY (and *not* a Sensor). You technically could have an ebuild that works around this limitation, but no new packages should be added to the tree that do this (mainly for ease of maintenance).

FUNCTIONS

gdesklets_src_install: Installs a Desklet or Control depending on which is set of CONTROL_NAME or DESKLET_NAME
gdesklets_pkg_postinst: Marks the Control for rebuilding on Python version change and compiles the Python code or display a useful message to the user, depending on which of CONTROL_NAME or DESKLET_NAME is set.

ECLASS VARIABLES

DESKLET_NAME: *Optional* The name of the Desklet, if the package is one. The default is to assume a Desklet with the name being ${PN} without the "desklet-" prefix.
CONTROL_NAME: *Optional* The name of the Control, if the package is one.
DOCS: Anything (like a README) that should be dodoc'd.
SLOT: Set only if the package is a Control and it provides a different interface (i.e. expands to a different install directory) than a previous version.

AUTHORS

Original author: Joe Sapp <nixphoeni@gentoo.org>
Original author: Mike Gardiner <obz@gentoo.org>

MAINTAINERS

gdesklets@gentoo.org

REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs via http://bugs.gentoo.org/

FILES

/usr/portage/eclass/gdesklets.eclass

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