Re: [gentoo-server] Modular X11 upgrade for servers

[Petteri Räty]

Graham Murray wrote:
> The modular X11 upgrade guide shows how to upgrade the 'complete'
> package or to just install a server. It provides no guidance on how to
> do the opposite - migrate a server system to install just X client
> that has no local X display server but which users can SSH into with X
> forwarding.
>
> Which packages should be installed to do this, or should it just be
> sufficient to set the 'X' use flag in those packages to which users
> might wish to connect with X forwarding?

You should file a request for a meta ebuild like xorg-x11 to
bugs.gentoo.org if one does not already exist. Then you can get the
environment you need by just emerging this one meta package.

Regards,
Petteri