On 2009-05-01 21:11 +0200, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > Why must emacs depend on sound packages? Is emacs > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000 and will talk to us?
No, but some people may want to use M-x play-sound-file, and libasound2 will be installed on most desktop systems anyway. > Shouldn't there be a way to install an emacs without sound packages? Currently you have to build them yourself or use the emacs-snapshot-nox package from http://emacs.orebokech.com/. > Even the nox version depends on them. Does emacs say things more than > "beep" often? On most systems, probably not. Feel free to open a wishlist bug that emacs22-nox should be built without sound support. In fact, that is what I had suggested in http://bugs.debian.org/503054. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
