twm missing to run xf86setup (Was: Install report
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On Saturday 9 January 1999, at 11 h 21,
Brandon Mitchell <bhmit1@mail.wm.edu> wrote:
> The 'XF86Setup' command (unless I made a typo) in the xf86setup package.
> The text only 'xf86setup' command works fine. (I may have a typo in those
> program names.)
OK, currently, the xf86setup *package* has no dependency on twm.
> > Which bug? Dependencies are checked in the pre-defined profiles, so if there
> > is a Depends:, it will be fulfilled. If the maintainer failed to list
> > depenencies, I can do nothing, but file a bug report.
>
> It looks like bugs: 29865, 30338, 30733, and 30949 (by subject browsing).
Yes, it is this. They have been recently merged but no new package installed
with the dependency. (Anyway, I don't think it is a good idea to depend on a
specific window manager and t force users to install it just for the
configuration.)
> If you are the one handling the pre-defined profiles,
Yes, I am.
> one isn't your problem. But make sure that the vga16 server is installed
> because Branden left a depends on the virtual package and a comment in the
> xf86setup package that you need vga16 if you want the GUI config.
The actual dependency is:
xserver-vga16 | xserver
> He
> doesn't have a specific recommends or suggests because apparently there
> are other uses for the xf86setup package that doen't require the vga16
> server specifically (haven't used them myself).
Hmmm! This is painful if we cannot trust formal dependencies! But the
description explains clearly he problem, so I checked that xserver-vga16 is
always there (it's useful as a fallback, anyway), since, at the present time
(I hope one day will come where we will be able to use pre-defined tasks
later), my files are used only for new installations. OK, xserver-vga16 is
always there, there should be no problem.
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