unixodbc should not require x11

Bug #666363 reported by j00bar
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: unixodbc

# apt-get install unixodbc unixodbc-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  autotools-dev fontconfig fontconfig-config libaudio2 libfontconfig1
  libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa libice6 libltdl-dev libltdl7
  libmng1 libodbcinstq1c2 libqt3-mt libsm6 libtool libxcursor1 libxdamage1
  libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxmu6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6
  libxxf86vm1 odbcinst odbcinst1debian1 ttf-dejavu-core
Suggested packages:
  defoma nas libglide3 libtool-doc libqt3-mt-psql libqt3-mt-mysql
  libqt3-mt-odbc autoconf automaken gfortran fortran95-compiler gcj libmyodbc
  odbc-postgresql tdsodbc unixodbc-bin libqt3-mt-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  autotools-dev fontconfig fontconfig-config libaudio2 libfontconfig1
  libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa libice6 libltdl-dev libltdl7
  libmng1 libodbcinstq1c2 libqt3-mt libsm6 libtool libxcursor1 libxdamage1
  libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxmu6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6
  libxxf86vm1 odbcinst odbcinst1debian1 ttf-dejavu-core unixodbc unixodbc-dev
0 upgraded, 32 newly installed, 0 to remove and 48 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 63.1MB of additional disk space will be used.
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It seems fairly ridiculous that a database connectivity layer should depend on having X11 and QT. Whatever it is that's creating that dependency ought to be split off into a separate package.

-jag

Mathias Gug (mathiaz)
Changed in unixodbc (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Chuck Short (zulcss)
Changed in unixodbc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
status: Incomplete → Opinion
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