unixodbc should not require x11
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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unixodbc (Ubuntu) |
Opinion
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
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
Changed in unixodbc (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in unixodbc (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
status: | Incomplete → Opinion |