Bug 203396

Summary:	kde-base/kdm should RDEPEND on some X server virtual
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Luke-Jr <luke-jr+gentoobugs>
Component:	[OLD] KDE	Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Luke-Jr 2007-12-26 21:29:35 UTC

kdm does not work without a locally installed X server, so it should RDEPEND on this.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-26 23:05:18 UTC

It depends on whatever in needed to compile...

Comment 2 Andreas Arens 2007-12-27 07:38:31 UTC

Besides, kdm (and entire kde) works flawlessly with several X-terminals for me, without any X server installed.

Not every setup is a primitive as Joe User's machine.

Comment 3 Luke-Jr 2007-12-27 12:47:14 UTC

The purpose of RDEPEND is to pull in *run-time* dependencies, of which one of kdm's is a local X server. kdm will error starting if X is not installed.

Comment 4 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-27 14:13:05 UTC

You can install kdm and gdm on a machine that's headless and remote into it for logins. This would force your headless machine to contain a local X server, which would be improper.

Comment 5 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-27 16:32:40 UTC

^^