On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 23:13 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > In systems that do not use any printing capabilities, the xprint package > is useless. In Debian it is started at almost every run level > > # apt-get remove xprint > The following packages will be REMOVED: > x-window-system* xprint* > Please change the package dependencies so that that it can be > removed alone to make the system more clean if user so wishes. >
Hi Jari, sorry about the inconvenience you're experiencing. Unfortunately you've got the dependencies the wrong way around. The dependency is in x-window-system, not in xprint. x-window-system is a task or meta-package containing only dependencies on other X packages. It's designed to simplify the installation of X by only requiring you to specify one package, which automatically pulls in all the others. x-window-system is designed as a exhaustive meta-package pulling in *all* parts of X, including many others you're probably not using too, such as xvfb and xnest. It sounds like what you really want is x-window-system-core instead, which only pulls in whats required for the main X server. If you'd like to discuss the role of x-window-system further, then I'll pass this bug over to the maintainers of that package. Good luck, Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
