On Fri, 04 Sep 2015 10:42:33 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:

>>  > x11-base/xorg-server  
> > 
> > Remove. The server is a dep for just about everything GUI-related  
> 
> Not so here on this KDE box. I removed it from my world file and emerge
> -ca wanted to remove the server, so I put it back again, sharpish. I
> don't have x11-base/xorg-x11 though, not needing all that extra stuff;
> this is in accordance with the handbook.

That's as it should be. Graphical programs are X clients, so they pull in
the client libraries. They need an X server to talk to, but not
necessarily on the same box.


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