On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 07:13:58AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote:
> > How comes mtools depend on xlib6g? I don't use X, and thus I consider it
> > very stupid to have both xlib6g & xfree86-common installed, but I have to
> > if I want mtools installed...
> 
> If something supports X it should be compiled with X.  This means exactly
> two packages (xlib6g and xfree86-common) are also required, but they're
> reasonably smallish and anything which supports X is going to require
> them anyway, not just mtools.

Better to fork off another package, which would include X support, and
leave the original package X-free.

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enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name

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