On 04/22/2012 01:39 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
> 120422 Michał Górny wrote:
>> # Michał Górny<
mgorny@...> (22 Apr 2012)
>> # Obsolete and unmaintained. Their functions are provided by
>> # x11-apps/xinput nowadays ('xinput set-mode' and 'xinput set-pointer'
>> # respectively). Bug #411999. Masked for removal in 30 days.
>> x11-apps/xsetmode
>> x11-apps/xsetpointer
>> <=x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r1
>
> Do I go ahead& 'emerge -C xsetmode' ? Will xorg-x11 survive ?
>
> root:554 linux> emerge -cpv xsetmode
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> x11-apps/xsetmode-1.0.0 pulled in by:
> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4-r1
>
> root:555 linux> eix xorg-x11
> [I] x11-base/xorg-x11
> Available versions: 7.4-r1
> Installed versions: 7.4-r1([2009-10-04 19:10:48])
>
xorg-x11 is a empty 'meta package' which doesn't install anything
you don't even need it -- most people just install xorg-server thesedays
to avoid "dozens of unnecessary dependencies"
