Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.com> wrote:
> On 8/1/19 2:33 PM, Maurice McCarthy wrote:
> > In the past it was not uncommon for non-X programs in base to have
> > dependencies in Xenocara. Are you certain that this is no longer so?
> >
>
> Yup
Never been the case. No base program uses a include or library from X.
There is 1 feature that has a runtime dependency, and there used to be
a 2nd one which was deleted. X needs base, but base does not need X.
The real issue is we rarely create non-X variations of ports. Users
can install a package intending to only used the non-X aspects of
such software, but if it links against X ... if they avoided install
the X sets in particularily xbase, then they are SOL.
So, I'll say it again: people saving disk space in this way are largely
being foolish, or selecting the practice of "non-default install, so
you own all the pieces". When people make non-default changes to
their systems they should think long and hard before submitting any
bug reports of any kind, since the problem could be caused by their
own decisions...
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