Re: with F9, will we still need ALL X drivers?

[sean darcy <seandarcy2 gmail com>]

sean darcy wrote:
> Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 21:01 -0500, sean darcy wrote:
> > > rpm -e xorg-x11-drv-voodoo-1.1.1-1.fc8
> > > error: Failed dependencies:
> > >          xorg-x11-drv-voodoo is needed by (installed) 
> > > xorg-x11-drivers-7.2-9.fc8.i386
> >
> > xorg-x11-drivers has been a metapackage with nothing dependent on it for
> > a very, very long time. Feel free to erase it.
>
> rpm -e xorg-x11-drv-voodoo
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         xorg-x11-drv-voodoo is needed by (installed) 
> xorg-x11-drivers-7.3-2.fc9.i386
>
> which means that if I did erase it with -nodeps, yum would just drag it 
> back in with any update.
>
> Perhaps the answer is the xorg-x11-drivers should not depend on the 
> individual drivers, but only have the individual drivers depend on 
> xor-x11-drivers.
>
> sean

Sorry. Now I get it. erase xorg-x11-drivers ( sound of hand slapping 
forehead ).

Then take out whichever drivers you don't need.

But f9 will install xorg-x11-drivers by default?

sean