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Bug 64832

Summary:	emacs requires X to install, despite its package description
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Ian Macdonald <ian>
Component:	emacs	Assignee:	Trond Eivind Glomsrxd <teg>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Aaron Brown <abrown>
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Description Ian Macdonald 2002-05-13 09:39:10 UTC

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Description of problem:
emacs requires X to install, despite references in its package description
(viewable with rpm -qi) to emacs-X11 and emacs-nox, both of which no longer
exist in Red Hat Linux 7.3.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. attempt to install emacs on a system without X libraries
2.
3.
	

Actual Results:  Emacs will not install and, if forced, will not start, due to
missing libraries.

Expected Results:  It should be possible to use Emacs on a system with no X
libraries installed.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2002-05-13 16:07:57 UTC

The description you'll get when installing specspo (which contains the official
descriptions/summaries, the ones you'll see when installing) does not contain
these references.

Emacs now requires the X libraries, which is a separate, small package, to
install. Not an oversight, but a way to avoid duplicate packages.