On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Tony Abernethy wrote:
> Ted Unangst wrote:
> >
> > On 7/15/08, L. V. Lammert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > No, I'm sending an email to misc when a package depends on
> > X that should
> > > **NOT** depend on X. That's what's broken, obviously, if
> > you're saying I
> > > should be installing X on a production server. NOT.
> >
> > tar zxf X
> > pkg_add crap
> > rm -r /usr/X11R6
> >
> Lovely.
>
> Out of curiosity, what happens when you install X but answer
> "no" to the question about intending to RUN X?
>
Sorry, not going to happen. It would install all the C crap and not put
startx in rc, in general.
> Seems like if a package has any kind of GUI helper/configurator
> thingee then it has a legitimate requirement for something in X.
>
If a command line tool like git has a 'GUI Helper', then that package is
broken (which, I believe, is the case in this situation).
Lee
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