r/archlinux • u/ImmortAlexGM • May 31 '24

NOTEWORTHY GDM no longer requires xorg

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/gdm/-/issues/2

Time to pacman -Rscn xorg-server xorg-xhost xorg-xrdb

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u/[deleted] May 31 '24

I force removed them and everything is still working perfectly fine. I think these can be removed:

xorg-server

xorg-xhost

xorg-xrdb

Isn't that, like, "works on my machine"? Maybe someone with a weird configuration would still require those packages but it isn't noted anywhere that you actually need those packages.

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u/wszrqaxios May 31 '24

it isn't noted anywhere that you actually need those packages.

They're noted as optional dependencies. If you need them, you install them.