[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote these words on 02/26/08 14:01 CST:

> +<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-graphics &amp;&amp;
> +make</userinput></screen>
> +    <para><option>--enable-graphics</option>: This switch enables support
> +    for graphics mode. You will either need to install the
> +    <application>X</application> Window System or enable frame buffer 
> support in
> +    your kernel and install <xref linkend="gpm"/>.</para>

Could you please make the graphics option an optional choice and
not the default. This is a major stray from all other packages.

We don't use something by default if it requires an "optional"
dependency or configuration (X or framebuffer).

-- 
Randy

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