On Monday, 10 July 2023 at 11:00, Olivier Fourdan wrote: [...] > Can't comment on all the packages you listed, but the C preprocessor > (CPP) is indeed required by xrdb (that's an option in xrdb, see "-cpp" > in man xrdb) and xrdb itself is required by GDM: > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gdm/blob/rawhide/f/gdm.spec#_80 > > GDM uses xrdb from its data/Init.in and data/Xsession.in: > > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/blob/main/data/Xsession.in#L118-129 > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/-/blob/main/data/Init.in#L31-34 > > Please note that these commands all use "xrdb -nocpp" so cpp is not > actually used there, but the package dependencies still pull it of > course. xrdb does not hard-depend on cpp, only recommends it: $ rpm -qR xrdb |grep cpp $ rpm -q --recommends xrdb cpp $ On my system, only gcc hard-requires cpp. Regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://fedoraproject.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue