Hello Brian,
>> > Note also: Currently gd is picking up the X11 libXpm, but with some work >> > it could be told to find the noX version (and add dependency on that >> > package instead.) That would at least eliminate a dependency on libX11 >> > for the -gd package, which could save considerable hassle if someone >> > didn't want any of the xorg stuff. Or *gulp* I suppose it might be >> > possible to offer both, I think Debian does this. >> >> Umm, frankly, I see no reason to have apache (a daemon serving external >> clients) depend on X. Does gd use libXpm for anything other than image >> conversion? If not, I'd go with the noX version. > Yes, that's all it uses it for. And I agree about not pulling in X11 > server :-). I think the reason it stuck in my mind must have been that > some distros wrestle with having both the X11 / noX flavors of Xpm, but > since the noX lib is packaged seperately in Cygwin and can coexist with > xorg packages, there's no reason not to just require that regardless of > presence/lack of libX11. I have this already fixed in my sources here, will post a patch later. Gerrit -- =^..^=
