Hi Bart, Yes, I think it makes sense to split glib into a separate package. It would also make HAL's dependency on SUNWgnome-base-libs unnecessary.
Can you please file an RFE in jds/gnome/install. Thanks, Laca On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 11:06 -0700, Bart Smaalders wrote: > Hi folks - > > I'm working on integrating Wireshark into Solaris. As you > may be aware, this is a network protocol analyzer, and contains > both command line (ala snoop) tools and a Gnome-based GUI. > During ARC review, I was asked to place the GUI in a separate > package to facilitate the use of the command line tools on > minimized systems - those w/o the Gnome desktop packages installed. > > It turns out that the command line tools also depend on libglib and > libgmodule... and both these libraries are part of the general > gnome library package, SUNWgnome-base-libs. > > As a result, the command line tools require that the full set of > graphics libs be installed, along with a rather daunting set of > other dependencies including the X window system, font support, etc. > > Is there a chance of these libraries going into a separate package > on which SUNWgnome-base-libs could depend? This would faciliate > both the use of Wireshark's command line tools on minimized systems, > and the eventual replacement of snoop with those tools. > > Thanks - > > - Bart > > > >
