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Re: Sarge, thought after a week of contact



On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:57:07AM +0200, xerces8 wrote:
> 2.) GNOME <-> X dependency
> 
> The gnome desktop package ( under "Tasks" in aptitude ) has
> no dependency on xserver. Why ? Because it could be used on
> a remote display ?

Yes.

> 2.a) xserver-common not dependent on XXX
> 
> XXX being some X11 essentials package, having mostly font
> related stuff. Sorry, can't recall the name.
> Again, why is there no dependency set up ?

The packages x-window-system and x-window-system-core are designed for
that.

Regards, David

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