On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:43:00 -0400 Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote:
> After an eix-sync yesterday, I found many x11-* pkgs to update, > but also quite a number which are apparently no longer needed, > tho' they remain in the tree (from my homemade pkg list): > > 120623 x11-apps/xcmsdb-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-themes/xcursor-themes-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xcursorgen-1.0.4 [for xcursor-themes] > 120623 x11-apps/xev-1.1.0 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xgamma-1.0.4 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xhost-1.0.4 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xinput-1.5.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xkbevd-1.1.2 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xlsatoms-1.1.0 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xmodmap-1.0.5 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xpr-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xwd-1.0.4 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xwud-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-libs/libXfontcache-1.0.5 [for kdebase-startkde : otiose] > 120623 x11-apps/xf86dga-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] > 120623 x11-libs/libXxf86dga-1.1.3 [for xf86dga] > > I've removed them all & there seems to be no difference in my desktop. > > Does anyone have any explanation or other comment ? > Do you have xorg-x11 or just the more minimal xorg-server installed? All of those above packages look like old cruft that's been superceded by other stuff, or only part of a full X install. IOW, you likely never used them anyway. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
