[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#506406: Bug#506406: xfce4: apt bug causes gdm to pull in unneeded/unwanted gnome dependencies; can a dependency change fix this?

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On mar, 2008-11-25 at 19:15 -0500, Daniel Dickinson wrote:
> Install #1
> ----------
> 1) Install a standard system
> 2) sudo aptitude
> 3) Select line labelled 'Xfce desktop environment' (i.e. press '+'
> will
> that line is highlighted)
> 4) Type 'g'
> 5) browse the list of packages; it will show gnome crap that is pulled
> in by gdm

This is the xfce-desktop task afaik.

> 
> Install #2
> ----------
> 1) Install a standard system
> 2) create a list of packages to install, one package per line,
> including no gnome, except gdm (and the rest of the packages listed in
> the xfce task)
> 3) apt-get install $(cat packages.lst)
> 4) notice that gnome-session, nautilus, etc are installed.

Please provide packages.lst.
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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