[oe] [RFC] Ship dbus config and dbus service activation files

Mike (mwester) mwester at dls.net
Thu Dec 11 12:31:21 UTC 2008


Koen Kooi rudely writes:
> On 11-12-08 01:55, Mike (mwester) wrote:
>
> http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=dbus-1
> http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=libdbus-1-3
> 
> Now where do you see it the _packages_ depending on libx11-6? Is dbus
> going to be the new python where everybody starts screaming about
> requiring X at runtime, when it's only a buildtime dep to build an
> *optional* subpackage like python-tk? Please stop with the FUD.

dbus-1 recommends dbus-x11, dbus-x11 depends libx11-6 (and other X libs).

So there you go, opkg install <anything-depending-on-dbus> blows up your
flash space by pulling in numerous X libs.  No FUD - very real concern.
 (But if it's not a concern for Angstrom, then fine -- please ignore
this issue; if I fix it, I'll make sure that it won't change for Angstrom.)

Regards
Mike (mwester)




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