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#1 2003-12-02 07:48:54

chane
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j2sdk missing xfree86 dependency

j2sdk needs the xfree86 dependency added to the build file

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#2 2003-12-02 10:50:09

andy
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Re: j2sdk missing xfree86 dependency

Not trying to be rude, just brief ;-)  :

http://www.archlinux.org/phpbt/bug.php?op=add

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#3 2003-12-02 12:53:33

sarah31
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Re: j2sdk missing xfree86 dependency

xfree86 is not a runtime dependency.


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#4 2003-12-02 14:49:19

Xentac
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Re: j2sdk missing xfree86 dependency

We don't want to force people to run xfree86 just to run j2sdk.  The only reason they'd need to is to run graphical java applications or they wanted to use the java applet for browsers.  Both are optional things and aren't need to have java run properly.


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#5 2003-12-02 17:34:39

chane
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Re: j2sdk missing xfree86 dependency

Xentac wrote:

We don't want to force people to run xfree86 just to run j2sdk.  The only reason they'd need to is to run graphical java applications or they wanted to use the java applet for browsers.  Both are optional things and aren't need to have java run properly.

hmm.. ok makes sense.  I was trying to run some graphically stuff and needed to install.  No worries as I was able to install xfree86 once I figured out that is what I was missing...

Maybe on the package desciption page it might make sense if there was a way to list that a package is an optionally dependency?  Just a thought?

Chris....

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