From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] depclean wants to remove xorg-server and xf86-video-intel
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:05:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49bf44f10910271505k5ec2e7bdw8c513aadacaa953f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0910271445j2ada4f7dha758cbc16771df46@mail.gmail.com>
>>>> >>> Don't most (all?) X apps depend on xorg-server?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Nope. No X app depends on the server, because the server could be
>>>> >> running on another machine.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Bye...
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Dirk
>>>> >
>>>> > Ah, bingo, thank you. I'll add xorg-server to world.
>>>> >
>>>> > - Grant
>>>>
>>>> Actually, could xorg-x11 be a better choice for the world file? What
>>>> does it provide?
>>>
>>> xorg-x11 is indeed the better choice. It is a meta- package that pulls in
>>> everything required to provide a full X server
>>>
>>> --
>>> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
>>
>> I already have xorg-server installed, and here are the packages to
>> emerge for xorg-x11:
>>
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-alias-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 42 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/bdftopcf-1.0.0 USE="-debug" 74 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-util-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 97 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xcursorgen-1.0.2 88 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xmodmap-1.0.3 USE="-debug" 101 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/smproxy-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 86 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xwud-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 82 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xinput-1.4.2 USE="-debug" 106 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/x11perf-1.5 USE="-debug" 140 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xgamma-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 85 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xpr-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 116 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xrandr-1.3.2 USE="-debug" 127 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xsetmode-1.0.0 USE="-debug" 73 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xvinfo-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 85 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xcmsdb-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 95 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xsetroot-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 87 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xhost-1.0.2 USE="-debug -ipv6" 0 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xev-1.0.3 USE="-debug" 91 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/bitmap-1.0.3-r1 USE="-debug" 127 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xdriinfo-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 87 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xbacklight-1.1 USE="-debug" 79 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/setxkbmap-1.1.0 USE="-debug" 97 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xkill-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 76 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xkbevd-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 106 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xlsclients-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 74 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xlsatoms-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 74 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xwd-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 110 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xrefresh-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 79 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xkbutils-1.0.1-r1 USE="-debug" 65 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-libs/libXxf86dga-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 213 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/ttmkfdir-3.0.9-r3 20 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-xfree86-type1-1.0.1 USE="X" 70 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-100dpi-1.0.1 USE="X -nls" 284 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-type1-1.0.1 USE="X" 204 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 827 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-ibm-type1-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 308 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-daewoo-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 667 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-micro-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 38 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-ttf-1.0.0 USE="X" 376 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.0-r1 USE="X" 181 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-sony-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 48 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-75dpi-1.0.1 USE="X -nls" 209 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bitstream-speedo-1.0.0 USE="X" 330 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.1 USE="X -nls" 45 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-jis-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 552 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-themes/xcursor-themes-1.0.1 2,205 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-misc-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 1,813 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-cursor-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 42 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-misc-meltho-1.0.0 USE="X" 1,457 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-type1-1.0.0 USE="X" 563 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 65 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 102 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-arabic-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 52 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bitstream-100dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 133 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-isas-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 769 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 1,040 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-75dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 499 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 193 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-mutt-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 201 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-sun-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 56 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-schumacher-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 77 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bitstream-type1-1.0.0 USE="X" 344 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-1.0.0
>> USE="X -nls" 185 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 41 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-dec-misc-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 40 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-100dpi-1.0.0 USE="X -nls" 655 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-apps/xf86dga-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 79 kB
>> [ebuild N ] media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.0
>> USE="X -nls" 150 kB
>> [ebuild N ] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r1 0 kB
>>
>> Seems like a lot of stuff considering X is working fine as-is. Does
>> anyone know what the functional difference is besides more fonts?
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>>
>
> Just read the names of the apps. They are mostly pretty simple. If one
> app looks interesting or possibly useful you can emerge it directly,
> play with it and throw it away if you don't want to keep it around. I
> don't personally need the fonts although they aren't generally much
> trouble in terms of updates as they don't change.
>
> Anyway, as I said, I only use the full package on one machine and
> hardly notice the difference.
>
> - Mark
Sounds good, thanks everyone.
- Grant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-27 22:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-27 18:39 [gentoo-user] depclean wants to remove xorg-server and xf86-video-intel Grant
2009-10-27 18:53 ` Mark Knecht
2009-10-27 18:53 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-10-27 19:00 ` Grant
2009-10-27 19:09 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2009-10-27 19:17 ` Grant
2009-10-27 19:20 ` Grant
2009-10-27 19:26 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-27 19:53 ` Crístian Viana
2009-10-27 20:25 ` Grant
2009-10-27 20:48 ` Paul Hartman
2009-10-27 21:45 ` Mark Knecht
2009-10-27 22:05 ` Grant [this message]
2009-10-27 20:20 ` Mark Knecht
2009-10-27 18:54 ` Crístian Viana
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