In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you wrote:
>Alexander LIST ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: I just upgraded my Debian system from 1.1 to 1.2. When installing mc,
>: I found that mc "suggests" gpm, but there's no dependency on libgpm1.
>: Without libgpm1, mc won't run.
>
>This is not generally true. It depends on your TERM.
>You need libgpm when running mc at the console with mouse support.

This is not true. mc (at least version 3.2.1-1) is dynamically linked with
libgpm, so even if you don't want to use the mouse on Linux console, you
still have to have libgpm1 installed in order to run it.

$ ldd /usr/bin/mc
        libncurses.so.3.0 => /lib/libncurses.so.3.0
        libgpm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1.10
        libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5.4.13

>Using a terminfo which does not suggest mouse support should
>make mc running as well on the console without the mouse.
>
>Anyway you do not need libgpm in an X environment.
>
>Best wishes -- Volker
>


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