Michel Briand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Package: ssh
> Version: 1:4.7p1-12
> Severity: normal
>
> Installing ssh (metapackage) on a fresh system (just base system
> installed), I note that ssh pull those dependencies :
>
> libx11-6
> libx11-data
> libxau6
> libxcb-xlib0
> libxcb1
> libxdcmp6
> libxext6
> libxmmu1
> x11-common
> xauth
>
> I mean that installing a minimal system or a server system, I do not
> want X11.
>
> Is this reasonable ?

If you're installing a minimal system, you generally don't want to install
Recommends.  Installing Recommends is the default, but you can change that
easily in your local apt configuration.  The above is due to the
Recommends on xauth (required for X forwarding), not due to a dependency.

-- 
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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