Anyway, we can do like Aaron saied too. We can put on the xorg PKGBUILD a
note about it. It should be like the lilo alert when you upgrade the lilo
version.


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Para: General Discusson about Arch Linux <[email protected]>
Assunto: Re: [arch] About XOrg
Data: 29/07/05 16:13

> Because of what Aaron said!  It's optional!  If you want it, install 
> it.  If we put it in depends then everyone has to install - which is 
> backwards...
> 
> Douglas Soares de Andrade wrote:
> 
> &gt;Yes,  i saied dependency, but not in the &quot;debian way&quot; :), i
saied it basead on 
> &gt;our PKGBUILDs &quot;depends&quot; field.
> &gt;
> &gt;Anyway, the use of fnlib dont hurt the ones that dont use truetype, so
i cant 
> &gt;see why fnlib cant be put on the xorg &quot;depends&quot; PKGBUILD
field.
> &gt;
> &gt;See ya !
> &gt;
> &gt;Em Sex 29 Jul 2005 18:25, Aaron Griffin escreveu:
> &gt;  
> &gt;
> &gt;&gt;On 7/29/05, Douglas Soares de Andrade &lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]&gt;
wrote:
> &gt;&gt;    
> &gt;&gt;
> &gt;&gt;&gt;But, then a question appeared im my head...
> &gt;&gt;&gt;
> &gt;&gt;&gt;Why xorg does not use fnlib as a pre-requisite to be installed
?
> &gt;&gt;&gt;      
> &gt;&gt;&gt;
> &gt;&gt;Probably because it's optional - it should have some output
though...
> &gt;&gt;but most packages don't have a depend=() entry for optional
> &gt;&gt;dependancies... they simply output &quot;if you want feature X,
then
> &gt;&gt;install package Y&quot;
> &gt;&gt;
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