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Re: xfce4 dependencies in stable



On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 12:42:02AM +0200, Paolo Pantaleo wrote:
> I just installed xfce4 in stable version. i noticed that the package
> xfce4 has not a dependecy requiring that a X server is installed, is
> it a bug or a precise policy?
> If it is a bug what should i do?
> 

It is not a bug.  Since X applications can be run remotely and tools
like VNC allow you to run entire xsessions on a machine with no video
hardware and export to a remote display, it makes no sense to require or
depend on the presence of an X server.

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr

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