On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:42:41AM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Mon, Feb 4, 2008 at 21:02:01 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > The problem is not that /usr/bin/X is suid-root. The problem is that > > /usr/bin/X is now shipped in a package which is a dependency of *all* of the > > X libraries, so you can no longer have a system with X clients only without > > pulling in an extra suid binary you don't need. > I can't see the reason why the X libraries (Pre-)Depend on x11-common. > AFAICT the Pre-Dependency is needed for packages installing stuff in > /usr/include/X11 and /usr/lib/X11 to ensure that they are proper > directories and not symlinks to /usr/X11R6. That doesn't apply to > libx11-6 and friends. That's fine with me if it can be resolved that way. I can't recall now any reason for the runtime library packages to need this pre-depends, but it seems reasonable to drop it at this point regardless. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]