Re: xlib6g now depends on xfree86-common (?)
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Branden Robinson wrote:
> I wanted a place to centrally manage the mess of symbolic links regarding
> an X installation that are mandated by existing practice and the FHS.
>
> I want only one package to "own" the symlinks /usr/bin/X11, /usr/lib/X11,
> etc.
>
> People with X server-only installations have no need for the xlib6g
> package.
>
> Other types of X installation will have xlib6g, xserver-common, or both.
> So it makes sense that anything they both need should go in a separate
> package. Thus xfree86-common.
This does not answer the question "why xlib6g as such needs it?".
Please, tell me something that breaks when you have xlib6g installed and
not xfree86-common.
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