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Re: Which X packages? (was X 4.3.0)



Ok, I'm confused.

I want to upgrade to X 4.3.0.  I don't run xdm, so I don't think I need
"x-window-system".

Just by following links on the pacakges.debian.org site, I see this
dependecny tree:

    x-window-system
        x-window-system-core
            xserver-xfree86
                xserver-common
                    xfree86-common
            xlib*
            xfont*
        xdm
        xfs
        xnest
        xterm
        [...]

So I would think I would need x-window-system-core:

    bumby:/etc# apt-get -s -t experimental install x-window-system-core | grep Inst
    Inst xlibmesa-gl-dev [4.2.1-13] (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental) []
    Inst xlibmesa-gl (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)
    Inst xlibmesa-glu-dev [4.2.1-13] (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental) []
    Inst xlibmesa-glu (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)
    Inst xlibmesa-dri (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)
    Inst x-window-system-core (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)

But that's not installing xserver-xfree86 or xfree86-common -- So the
dependencies are not on the 4.3 packages.


So maybe I need to specify those, too.  So 

    bumby:/etc# apt-get -s -t experimental install x-window-system-core xserver-xfree86 xserver-common xfree86-common| grep Inst
    Inst xlibmesa-gl-dev [4.2.1-13] (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental) []
    Inst xlibmesa-gl (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)
    Inst xlibmesa-glu-dev [4.2.1-13] (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental) []
    Inst xlibmesa-glu (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)
    Inst xfree86-common [4.2.1-13] (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)
    Inst xserver-common [4.2.1-13] (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)
    Inst xserver-xfree86 [4.2.1-13] (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)
    Inst xlibmesa-dri (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)
    Inst x-window-system-core (4.3.0-0pre1v4 Debian:experimental)

Is that everything?

-- 
Bill Moseley
moseley@hank.org



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