[oi-dev] X packages to deprecate

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 28/08/2016 12:15, Volker A. Brandt wrote:
> Udo Grabowski (IMK) writes:
>> On 27/08/2016 20:30, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>>>> pkg:/x11/library/toolkit/libxaw4 at 0.5.11,5.11-2013.0.0.0
>>>> pkg:/x11/library/toolkit/libxaw5 at 0.5.11,5.11-2013.0.0.0
>>>
>>> These provide backwards binary compatibility for Xaw apps compiled on older
>>> Solaris releases - libXaw4 for those built on Solaris 2.2 or prior (yes,
>>> 1992ish), libXaw5 for those build on Solaris 2.3 through 10.
>>>
>>> libXaw7 is the current version of this, introduced to OpenSolaris in 2008.
>>>
>>> ....
>>
>> There are a few programs out there needed that use this library,
>> xfig being the most prominent of these.
>
> The xdvi viewer from the TeXlive system also (still) uses libXaw.
>

Indeed, I forgot that, this is also used here heavily,
so libXaw is indeed an important package to keep.


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