Ag Hatzimanikas wrote:
> Randy McMurchy([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Tue, May 09, 2006 at 08:25:54PM -0500:
>> I went 6.9.0. Why do the hard to get the same as the easy? Don't
>> take this the wrong way, but at this point installing 7.0 is just
>> plain dumb, or one is a glutton for punishment, or one is getting
>> his scripts in order.
>>
>> But "getting his scripts in order" at this point is premature. It
>> has been mentioned several times that Xorg will be changing the
>> amount of packages required to install an X desktop.
> 
> And here comes the mess.
> Just for your information,bdftopcf one of these tiny Xorg-7 applications,
> is required to build kdebase.
> Here is the relevant part from the kdebase log.
> #-------------------------------# 
> bdftopcf -o console8x16.pcf ./console8x16.bdf
> gzip --best console8x16.pcf
> bdftopcf -o 9x15.pcf ./9x15.bdf
> #-------------------------------#
> 
> Question.
> Do we have to mention bdftopcf as a *required* dependency of the
> kdebase (if someone already using Xorg-7),or not? 

I'm inclined to say no.  Here is the requirement chain:

kdebase <= kdelibs <= arts <= qt <= X Window System

If someone chooses to install less than the full xorg7 package, they can
figure it out on their own.

  -- Bruce
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