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 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
