On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 07:15:41AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 10:27:15AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Package: xterm > > Version: 333-1 > > > > xterm recommends x11-utils. Assuming the default configuration, this > > brings in a huge list of packages unrelated to xterm's main purpose: > > Running a shell or another cli program. Sample: > > > > # apt install xterm > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > The following additional packages will be installed: > > libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1 libfontenc1 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx > > libglapi-mesa libllvm3.9 libpciaccess0 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc libxcb-glx0 libxcb-shape0 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 > > libxxf86vm1 x11-utils xbitmaps > > I'd keep the recommends for "xbitmaps" > (it's small, should have no dependencies). > > The likely reason for the x11-utils dependency is for luit, for which see > > https://invisible-island.net/luit/luit.html > > (perhaps this bug should start over in x11-utils). For example, the test-packages which I build for luit are less than 50kb. Its dependencies are likewise small. -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net
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