Re: Sill question about dependancies

> > icewm_0.8.16-1.deb doesn't have a dependancy for an xserver, shouldn't > it? I think you can run it remotely over an internet connection, which means that the xserver can be on a different machine. Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhove

Re: Sill question about dependancies

> "SL" == Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SL> icewm_0.8.16-1.deb doesn't have a dependancy for an xserver, shouldn't SL> it? Imagine this case: You use a xserver on a windows system to connect to your ox via xdm. Then you start applications and use a wm, but don't run a xserver on t

Re: Sill question about dependancies

Last I checked none of the X apps do. A dependancy means a file you need for your app to work -- like a lib or something. Something your app actually calls or uses. If a wm declared a dependancy on Xserver and you had to un-install the Xserver you would be forced to remove your wm too. Steve La

Sill question about dependancies

icewm_0.8.16-1.deb doesn't have a dependancy for an xserver, shouldn't it? -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus| employer's. They hired me for my ICQ: 5107343 | skills and labor, not