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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 as a dependency
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:31:24
Message-Id: 1159579478.9926.8.camel@orpheus
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 as a dependency by Grant
1 On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 14:53 -0700, Grant wrote:
2 > I'm setting up a new system and I've noticed that xorg-x11 isn't
3 > emerged as a dependency of mozilla-firefox or xfce4, although neither
4 > of them will run without it. Can anyone tell me why this is?
5
6 it also depends on what you define as the normal use of your machine -
7 if you say that your machine is a "desktop" machine, then you _want_ X
8 to be a dependancy of firefox, etc.
9
10 If however you are setting up a server, then you _don't_ want X to be a
11 dependancy of such.
12
13 The way to define this, is of course with you profile. If you've just
14 set up a new machine, you may have overlooked the fact that there are
15 now different profiles.
16
17 /etc/make.profile used to point to (eg)
18 ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.0
19
20 now it should point to
21 ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop
22 or
23 ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1/server
24
25 HTH,
26 --
27 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
28
29 When you make your mark in the world, watch out for guys with erasers.
30 -- The Wall Street Journal
31
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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 as a dependency Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>