On 04/22/2012 01:39 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
120422 Michał Górny wrote:
# Michał Górny<[email protected]> (22 Apr 2012)
# Obsolete and unmaintained. Their functions are provided by
# x11-apps/xinput nowadays ('xinput set-mode' and 'xinput set-pointer'
# respectively). Bug #411999. Masked for removal in 30 days.
x11-apps/xsetmode
x11-apps/xsetpointer
<=x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r1
Do I go ahead& 'emerge -C xsetmode' ? Will xorg-x11 survive ?
root:554 linux> emerge -cpv xsetmode
Calculating dependencies... done!
x11-apps/xsetmode-1.0.0 pulled in by:
x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r1
root:555 linux> eix xorg-x11
[I] x11-base/xorg-x11
Available versions: 7.4-r1
Installed versions: 7.4-r1([2009-10-04 19:10:48])
xorg-x11 is a empty 'meta package' which doesn't install anything
you don't even need it -- most people just install xorg-server thesedays
to avoid "dozens of unnecessary dependencies"
