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From: 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] X11 dependencies
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 22:50:24
Message-Id: 3A935120.B5EE0B82@gottinger.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] X11 dependencies by Jerry A!
1 "Jerry A!" wrote:
2
3 > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 02:14:10PM -0700, Pete Gavin wrote:
4 > : Hi,
5 > :
6 > : I was wondering, perhaps we should make XFree86 provide virtual/x11,
7 > : and then make packages that just require x11 depend on
8 > : virtual/x11. That way, if one day gentoo is supported on platforms
9 > : that dont use xfree86 (like just the regular X consortium version) we
10 > : won't have to change a bunch of other stuff. Other packages that
11 > : require XFree86 extensions (like DRI or whatnot) could depend on
12 > : Xfree86 specifically. What do you think?
13 >
14 > Damn!!! That's a good idea. How come we never thought of it? I'm
15 > gonna go sulk now. 8)
16
17 Ok I will do this. I have not reworked much of the xfree dependend
18 packages, so it should not be a big thing.
19
20 achim~
21
22 >
23 >
24 > --Jerry
25 >
26 > name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a
27 > phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death...
28 > email: jerry@×××××××.org || ...It's much more important
29 > || than that!
30 >
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