Re: install isdnutils depends on xfree86-common
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 10:17:58PM +0200, Georg Wei? wrote:
> hello list.
>
> why depends the package isdnutils on xfree86 ?
>
> yes i know there is a program (xisdnload?) in isdnutils
> that requires a xfree installation.
>
> but why is this program in the package?
>
> i think it should be optional.
> (or is it required for some reason i missed?)
>
> i just want to get my debian server connected to the internet and
> i dont want to install more packages as needed for this.
> (and xfree86 is a big package)
With isdnutils split in testing you could change your "stable" src line
to "testing" in your
/etc/apt/sources.list and run
# apt-get update
# apt-get -b source isdnutils
which will create a .deb for you from testing source.
It might not work but it's worth trying anyway.
hth,
kent
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