On Thursday 12 October 2006 10:28, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > > On Thursday 12 October 2006 00:56, Jorge Almeida wrote: > >> I did "emerge -p --depclean" and it would remove x11-base/xorg-x11 > >> (version 7.0-r1). > >> Now, how can this be? (No, I don't run a X-less workstation!) > >> I know --depclean is not to be blindly trusted, but is this > >> normal? > > > > As has been mentioned before on this list you could still run your > > X programs with an external X server. Hence it's not that unlikely > > that nothing requires a local X server. To tell it you want to keep > > the local X server run: > > > > # emerge --noreplace xorg-x11 > > I don't understand: doesn't the "X" USE variable implies that a local > server is required?
No, use.desc says the the X use flag means "adds support for X11". That definitely doesn't mean that it has to be a local X server. Support for X11 client libs is more like it. It all makes perfect sense: if you want to install an X11 client app, then it will have the X flag set and link against the X11 client libs. Now the app can talk X11 and have it's output display on an X server, wherever that might be. Now you decide you want a local X server. Cool - 'emerge xorg-x1' gives you one alan -- [email protected] mailing list
