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jaboua

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Registered: 2005-11-05

Posts: 634

Unneccesarry dependencies

I just noticed on a few packages, they have unneeded dependencies - for example I was just about to install a few fonts:

[root@pentagon jaboua]# pacman -S ttf-ms-fonts ttf-isabella ttf-junicode ttf-cheapskate

Targets: cabextract-1.1-1 xorg-xsm-1.0.1-1 xorg-xfwp-1.0.1-2 libfs-1.0.0-1
         xorg-xfs-1.0.1-1 xorg-xdm-1.0.1-1 xorg-twm-1.0.1-1
         xorg-res-utils-1.0.0-1 xorg-clients-7.0-1 ttf-ms-fonts-1.3-7
         ttf-isabella-1.003-2 ttf-junicode-0.6.5pre20051126-2
         ttf-cheapskate-2.0-4

The fonts don't need XDM or TWM to work. I just ran with nodeps atm, but it would be nice if you remove these dependencies. I also noticed some package depending on xorg I think, so it wanted to install the VESA drivers (which I wouldn't use anyway, I use the nvidia drivers). Not to nag, but it kind of defeat the purpose of a modular xorg.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,922

Re: Unneccesarry dependencies

Those packages are dependencies of xorg-clients, looks like you hadn' t completed xorg install

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jaboua

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Registered: 2005-11-05

Posts: 634

Re: Unneccesarry dependencies

OK, I've installed xorg-clients now... But I still don't see why it's necesarry, it worked fine without xorg-clients...

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Unneccesarry dependencies

I think the problem is that the xorg dummy package ought to depend on xorg-clients, but doesn't.

loserMcloser

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From: Canada

Registered: 2004-12-15

Posts: 130

Re: Unneccesarry dependencies

I think the problem is that the xorg dummy package ought to depend on xorg-clients, but doesn't.

But what is the point of having modularized xorg if the xorg dummy package installs a bunch of stuff that some people might not want/need?

I think the original poster is right -- the fonts shouldn't depend on xorg-clients, just those packages in the xorg-clients dummy package that are related to fonts.

Romashka

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Registered: 2005-12-07

Posts: 1,054

Re: Unneccesarry dependencies

I think the original poster is right -- the fonts shouldn't depend on xorg-clients, just those packages in the xorg-clients dummy package that are related to fonts.

Agree completely.

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Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

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Re: Unneccesarry dependencies

xorg-clients used to be one big package.  It was only split up shortly before xorg 7 went to current, and MANY packages depended on the 'big' xorg-clients package.  They added the dummy-package as a way to prevent these dependencies from breaking, but I am pretty sure that they eventually intend to correct all packages to depend on _only_ what they need.

JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: Unneccesarry dependencies

The only dependency for font packages would be xorg-font-utils. As pointed out above, xorg-font-utils was in one big xorg-clients package. I kept a dummy to make sure these things don't break.