excessive dependencies on links2
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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links2 (Debian) |
New
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Unknown
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links2 (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: links2
links2 has many GUI front ends, and that's all well and good, but that does not mean I NEED to install all the facilities to run all of them. Specifically when attempting to install on a system which does not have X11 installed the libx11-6 dependency causes the entire X11 code base to be installed, that is excessive.
Considering that one of the best reasons to install this package is because it provides a graphical browser without X, requiring me to install X rather defeats the purpose.
Since just about everything which runs under X11 requires libx11-6, why not just make it a dependency of x11-common, and then not have to worry about it for apps with alternate front ends?
summary: |
- excessive dependancies on links2 + excessive dependencies on links2 |
Changed in links2 (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Won't Fix |
Changed in links2 (Debian): | |
status: | Won't Fix → New |
Just use the links package instead of links2 which has very few dependencies but is built from the same source.