Bug 1010

Summary:	Should gpm be part of the base system?
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sherman Boyd <meekrob>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) <drobbins>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	trivial	CC:	bs, g2boojum
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sherman Boyd 2002-03-07 18:38:20 UTC

Should gpm be part of the base system?  Although it makes sense for 
workstations all the powerful gentoo servers I am building don't even have a 
mouse.

Comment 1 Bruce A. Locke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-03-08 00:46:37 UTC

gpm has had a long history of security issues and thus I usually don't have it
running on any server system and never really use it on workstations.

I don't think its important enough to be part of the base system :)

Comment 2 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-03-12 12:50:08 UTC

ok, gpm has been removed from the base system.