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Bug#904572: move x11-utils to Suggests



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).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net
ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net

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