Bug#1060108: xbase-clients: should not depend (not even recommend) xinit
Package: xbase-clients
Version: 1:7.7+23
Severity: normal
The xbase-clients package is there to provide only X clients, not
an X server.
This package currently depends on xinit, which has the effect to
install an X server. The goal of xinit is to start an X server;
this utility is not an X client. So xbase-clients should not depend
(not even recommend) xinit.
Note: a typical use of X clients without a local X server is via ssh.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'proposed-updates-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.6.9-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on:
ii x11-apps 7.7+11
ii x11-session-utils 7.7+6
ii x11-utils 7.7+6
ii x11-xkb-utils 7.7+8
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+10
ii xauth 1:1.1.2-1
ii xinit 1.4.2-1
xbase-clients recommends no packages.
Versions of packages xbase-clients suggests:
pn x11-xfs-utils <none>
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