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Re: task-...-core & xbase-clients



Branden Robinson wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 06:04:52AM -0800, Jeremiah H. Savage wrote:
> > In Debian 2.2, XFree3.3.6 can be installed using
> >
> >    apt-get install task-x-window-system-core
> >
> > while in Sid, to install XFree4 you must provide
> >
> >    apt-get install task-x-window-system-core xbase-clients
> >                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > feature? bug?
> 
> Sometimes you have to club apt over the head a bit.
> 
> apt-get dist-upgrade should work as well.

I was taking an unstable/sid system that pretty much only had base
utilities installed, so 'dist-upgrade' wasn't an option. I did this
several days ago and once about a month ago in unstable, and both times
I had to provide the 'xbase-clients' to get a XF4 install.
--
Jeremiah



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