xinit requires util-linux which requires perl

[Yaakov (Cygwin/X)]

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Mark Geisert wrote:
> Is there some way the packages could be reworked so that an X-related install or
> update doesn't try to pull in perl?  It gets tiresome having to uncheck
> util-linux and perl every time I update my set of machines with setup.exe.

I'm sorry you have something against perl, but it is a standard, if not
an essential, part of *NIX systems.  The dependencies are correct;
startx calls mcookie, which is provided by util-linux.


Yaakov
Cygwin/X
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