From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 40905 invoked by alias); 23 Jul 2019 12:04:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 40896 invoked by uid 89); 23 Jul 2019 12:04:27 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=Light, afford, offer X-HELO: smtp-out-no.shaw.ca Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca (HELO smtp-out-no.shaw.ca) (64.59.134.13) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:04:26 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.114] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id ptWrhCnlwsAGkptWsh3eE6; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 06:04:26 -0600 From: Brian Inglis Subject: Re: [ITP] mtr Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca To: Cygwin Apps Packages Maintenance References: <9136fc20-39a5-6105-c8f9-b680911d1393@dronecode.org.uk> <0c51810f-9b4b-a817-62bb-2b5d9a70f3ac@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: <4f60abb9-7873-6e5b-2fe1-b4e5a9681086@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:04:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2019-07/txt/msg00016.txt.bz2 On 2019-07-22 07:43, Henning wrote: > On 21/07/2019 20:27, Brian Inglis wrote: >> Built with gtk2.0-devel installed now requires libgdk_pixbuf2.0_0 libglib2.0_0 >> libgtk2.0_0 which probably drags a lot of X in. >> Is there a standard way to offer subpackages with and without X in these cases? > > I usually do what I can to avoid X stuff. If I can afford it I decide to > not install packages. In this case I would probably try to compile > myself. Understood and appreciated: until now I did not run Cygwin 32 X, but run everything under Cygwin 64 X; I have added X to my Cygwin 32 install, but will look at providing both alternatives in packages to allow those on Cygwin 32 to keep "Running Light Without Overbyte" (DDJ). -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised.