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Bug#1006193: Remove luit, now packaged separately



On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 08:15:15PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2022-02-21 10:14 +1100, Brendan O'Dea wrote:
> 
> > Package: x11-utils
> > Version: 7.7+5
> > Severity: normal
> > Tags: patch
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: bod@debian.org
> >
> > Merge request to remove luit from x11-utils:
> >
> >   https://salsa.debian.org/xorg-team/app/x11-utils/-/merge_requests/1
> >
> > now packaged separately, this commit removes luit and adds a recommends for
> > the new package.
> 
> Thanks, I have merged that now.  Are there any packages besides xterm
> that use luit?  On codesearch.debian.net I found some 75 hits[1], but
> they seem to be either completely unrelated or only commentaries.

I'm not aware of any other direct dependencies such as xterm.

The occasional mention that I see for luit is for running it
manually from the command-line, e.g., to make a shell for using emacs
with some legacy character set.
 
> Cheers,
>        Sven
> 
> 
> 1. https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=%5Cbluit%5Cb&literal=0
> 

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