On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:23:57 +0200, Catalin Grigoroscuta wrote: > > That is because the packages don't depend on xorg-x11, they depend on > > anything the provides the functionality of X. An equery depends > > virtual/x11 will show all of the packages that are dependent upon X. > > > > I have noted this as a potential enhancement to have equery look at > > the provides information and display the dependencies of the provided > > virtual. > > > > > I do understand that they don't depend on xorg-x11, but on the xirtual > package. > However, since "equery depends xorg-x11" shows nothing, I might think > that it's safe to remove it - I have no way of knowing that this will > break all packages that depend on x11.
One could argue that virtual/x11 depends on xorg-x11, unless another X server is also installed. -- Neil Bothwick I am McCoy of Bo...Damnit! I'm a doctor, not a collective!
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
