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FS#33970 - [erlang] Dependency on wxgtk

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Lukas Sabota (punkrockguy318) - Friday, 22 February 2013, 15:32 GMT
Last edited by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Saturday, 23 February 2013, 12:57 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Lukas Fleischer (lfleischer)
Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto)
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
The erlang package depends on wxgtk, which then depends on gtk, which then depends on cairo, etc. This is not ideal for those wanting to run erlang software on a headless server. Could the wxgtk dependency be an optional dependency? If not, could there be an erlang-headless (or similar) package that does not require all of these desktop packages?


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Closed by  Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto)
Saturday, 23 February 2013, 12:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Additional comments about closing:  It's already there.
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Saturday, 23 February 2013, 12:57 GMT
There already is erlang-nox, which is the headless version.

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