Bug 64832 - emacs requires X to install, despite its package description
Summary: emacs requires X to install, despite its package description
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: emacs
Version: 7.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Trond Eivind Glomsrxd
QA Contact: Aaron Brown
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-05-13 09:39 UTC by Ian Macdonald
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:42 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-05-13 09:39:15 UTC
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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.


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