Quoting Debian Mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > X has been reorganized. xterm is in its own package and startx is in > > xbase-clients. > > Is there a way to get to such vital information without looking up > changes for every installed file or bugging people here on the list?
It's the second substantive item of the release notes for slink (after the kernel version). What's new... > Don't the xserver packages depend on xbase-clients? If yes, why wasn't > it installed by apt-get? No. A traditional Xterminal is a server that has no local clients. > Also xterm seems to be rather important to me. Is there some better > terminal installed as default? It's only suggested now as there are so many popular varieties. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.