On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Diana Eichert wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, L. V. Lammert wrote:
>
> Lee
>
> I know you've been on this list for a long time. In that time I can't
> believe you've never seen the requirement to have xbase installed to
> get GD graphics libraries to work.
>
Diana,
I'm sure you have also seen the many packages that have no_x11 flavors?
Turns out gd would have worked out of the box if the module had been
installed in the correct location - no need for x11 libs.
> There's been many comments from OpenBSD developers to just install
> xbase. Do you think they go against "basic OpenBSD tenants - install
>only what you need"?
>
Yes, if that's the situation; in this case, however, the developers
also realize the need to maintain the "basic OpenBSD tenents" and provide
no_x11 packages [in situations where this has occurred in my experience].
Lee
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