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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: x11-apps/xsetmode & x11-apps/xsetpointer
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:50:21
Message-Id: 4F93E1B5.8090706@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: x11-apps/xsetmode & x11-apps/xsetpointer by Philip Webb
1 On 04/22/2012 01:39 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
2 > 120422 Michał Górny wrote:
3 >> # Michał Górny<mgorny@g.o> (22 Apr 2012)
4 >> # Obsolete and unmaintained. Their functions are provided by
5 >> # x11-apps/xinput nowadays ('xinput set-mode' and 'xinput set-pointer'
6 >> # respectively). Bug #411999. Masked for removal in 30 days.
7 >> x11-apps/xsetmode
8 >> x11-apps/xsetpointer
9 >> <=x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r1
10 >
11 > Do I go ahead& 'emerge -C xsetmode' ? Will xorg-x11 survive ?
12 >
13 > root:554 linux> emerge -cpv xsetmode
14 >
15 > Calculating dependencies... done!
16 > x11-apps/xsetmode-1.0.0 pulled in by:
17 > x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r1
18 >
19 > root:555 linux> eix xorg-x11
20 > [I] x11-base/xorg-x11
21 > Available versions: 7.4-r1
22 > Installed versions: 7.4-r1([2009-10-04 19:10:48])
23 >
24
25 xorg-x11 is a empty 'meta package' which doesn't install anything
26
27 you don't even need it -- most people just install xorg-server thesedays
28 to avoid "dozens of unnecessary dependencies"

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: x11-apps/xsetmode & x11-apps/xsetpointer Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>