On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 07:13:58AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > > How comes mtools depend on xlib6g? I don't use X, and thus I consider it > > very stupid to have both xlib6g & xfree86-common installed, but I have to > > if I want mtools installed... > > If something supports X it should be compiled with X. This means exactly > two packages (xlib6g and xfree86-common) are also required, but they're > reasonably smallish and anything which supports X is going to require > them anyway, not just mtools.
Better to fork off another package, which would include X support, and leave the original package X-free. -- enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name