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131008 Khumba wrote: |
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> 131008 Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> A few days ago, I upgraded to xorg-server-1.14.3 with a lot of deps. |
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>> Everything seems to be working normally since then, |
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>> but a lot of pkgs became unneeded, according to 'emerge -cpv', ie |
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>> 131005 x11-apps/bitmap-1.0.6 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] |
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>> 131005 x11-apps/sessreg-1.0.7 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] |
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>> 131005 x11-apps/xkbutils-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] |
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>> 131005 x11-apps/xkill-1.0.3 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] |
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>> 131005 x11-apps/xlsclients-1.1.2 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] |
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>> 131005 x11-apps/xrandr-1.3.5 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] |
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>> 131005 x11-apps/xrefresh-1.0.4 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] |
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>> 131005 x11-apps/xvinfo-1.1.1 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] |
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>> 131005 x11-libs/libXp-1.0.1 [for xorg-x11 : otiose] |
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>> 131005 x11-libs/libXvMC-1.0.7 [for nvidia-drivers] |
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>> 131005 x11-misc/makedepend-1.0.4 [for mesa : otiose] |
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>> 131005 x11-proto/printproto-1.0.5 [for xorg-x11 LO : otiose] |
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>> Presumably, these have all been absorbed into other Xorg pgms. |
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> x11-base/xorg-server-1.14.3-r1 here. |
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> I still have those packages; they're pulled in by x11-base/xorg-x11, |
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> which is the main Xorg meta-package that pulls in xorg-server. |
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Yes : I install them individually & don't use the meta. |
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> As for whether you need them, I think that's your call. |
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> I haven't tried xorg-server without xorg-x11 in a while, |
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> but lots of those utilities are useful : xkill, xrandr ... . |
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What are they useful for ? -- I can't do 'man' as they're not installed |
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& 'eix' simply shows the same URL for each ; is there anywhere I can look ? |
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