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FS#74732 - [qemu] qemu-base installs desktop packages

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Niklas (muffyrut) - Friday, 13 May 2022, 19:57 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 05:46 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Anatol Pomozov (anatolik)
David Runge (dvzrv)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 6
Private No

Details

qemu-base which is supposed to replace qemu-headless installs many desktop packages such as wayland and hicolor-icon-theme. This seems unintended since qemu-base is meant for headless setups.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 05:46 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#75078 
Comment by George Maratos (UgIoN7JBSZgTIrb) - Thursday, 19 May 2022, 15:41 GMT
I would add that this was also mentioned here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=276295 and it seems like this is because of mesa.
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Monday, 06 June 2022, 22:08 GMT
Please see here for a suggested patch which should fix this issue:

 FS#75078 
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 05:45 GMT
On second thoughts, I will mark this as dupe of the general proposal to restructure the meta pkgs as it should address your points. Thanks for reporting.

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