Bug#749646: x11-xserver-utils depends on cpp
On 2014-05-28 22:23 +0200, Martin Vegter wrote:
> Package: x11-xserver-utils
> Version: 7.7~3
>
> The packages x11-xserver-utils and x11-apps both depend on cpp. Since
> these are "miscellaneous assortment of X applications" and not
> development tools, I think they should not depend on cpp.
>
> There are people like myself, who like to keep their installations clean
> and minimal, without packages that they don't need.
>
> Or am I mistaken and cpp is needed for x11-xserver-utils to work?
It is needed by xrdb. In x11-apps I have not found any reference to
cpp, so the dependency should probably be removed there.
Cheers,
Sven
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