Topic: Why is xorg-x11 in updates?

[girkers]

Could someone please explain to me why xorg-x11 is being updated on my SME server. As the server doesn't use an X server it doesn't make sense to me.

[CharlieBrady]

Could someone please explain to me why xorg-x11 is being updated on my SME server. As the server doesn't use an X server it doesn't make sense to me.

It will update xorg-x11 if xorg-x11 is already installed, or will install it if some package which requires it is being installed or updated.

What do you see if you do:

rpm -q xorg-x11
rpm -q --whatrequires xorg-x11

?

FWIW, xorg-x11 is neither installed nor being updated on my server.

[slords]

xorg-x11 isn't in the updates directory.  The following two packages are:

• xorg-x11-libs
• xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL

Which when you execute the following you see:

# rpm -e --test xorg-x11-libs xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL
error: Failed dependencies:
        libICE.so.6 is needed by (installed) libungif-4.1.3-1.el4.2.i386
        libICE.so.6 is needed by (installed) libungif-progs-4.1.3-1.el4.2.i386
        libICE.so.6 is needed by (installed) gifsicle-1.48-1.el4.rf.i386
        libSM.so.6 is needed by (installed) libungif-4.1.3-1.el4.2.i386
        libSM.so.6 is needed by (installed) libungif-progs-4.1.3-1.el4.2.i386
        libSM.so.6 is needed by (installed) gifsicle-1.48-1.el4.rf.i386
        libX11.so.6 is needed by (installed) libungif-4.1.3-1.el4.2.i386
        libX11.so.6 is needed by (installed) libungif-progs-4.1.3-1.el4.2.i386
        libX11.so.6 is needed by (installed) gifsicle-1.48-1.el4.rf.i386


This tells you that these packages are required by gifsicle and linungif.  Both of which are part of the OCR spamassassin plugin.

[girkers]

slord,

Thanks for the answer, it explained perfectly why the updates were there as on the surface it didn't make sense. Now that you have explained it, it makes perfect sense.