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Vectorlocity

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xorgproto dependency on libx11

I've seen the thread on the xorg-proto issue and I have removed xorg-proto. I'm concerned as xorg-proto seems to be a dependency of libx11, which I deem to be an important package.
Is it safe to remove libx11?

Last edited by Vectorlocity (2019-12-26 13:59:49)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: xorgproto dependency on libx11

Is it safe to remove libx11?

Don't .

xorgproto has been added back as a dependency for libx11.
just run pacman -Syu and xorgproito will be present again.

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Vectorlocity

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Re: xorgproto dependency on libx11

Then why were the people in the closed xorgproto dependency issue thread removing xorg-proto? I thought the arch-announcement said it was safe?

Last edited by Vectorlocity (2019-12-26 13:27:07)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: xorgproto dependency on libx11

If you want the details, check
http://archlinux.2023198.n4.nabble.com/ … 24898.html and
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/64892 .

TL;DR:
the idea was that every package that needed the headers from xorgproto would depend directly on xorgproto instead of indirectly through libx11 .
This posed to much problems and the change was reverted.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2019-12-26 13:35:38)

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Trilby

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Re: xorgproto dependency on libx11

Please edit your title.  The currently title is meaningless.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

(edit: thanks, this is much better).

Last edited by Trilby (2019-12-26 14:01:50)

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Vectorlocity

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Re: xorgproto dependency on libx11

OK Trilby.
Lone_Wolf, sudo pacman -Syu did nothing so I just reinstalled xorg-proto manually.

loqs

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Re: xorgproto dependency on libx11

You did not provide the command you used to remove xorg-proto.
If you removed it with dependency checking enabled then no package required it and the full system upgrade did not include any updates that required xorg-proto.