Linux-Hams archive - April 1999: Re: AX.25-Utilities and libc6 - another problem

Re: AX.25-Utilities and libc6 - another problem

Gerd (zoxzma.ugjfhz@mvi.co.uk)
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 15:41:41 +0200


Hello Joop, hello all,

> >
> > Indeed, the programs
> >
> > setcrystal
> > sethdlc
> > smdiag
> > smmixer
> >
> > are missing in ax25-utils_2.1.42a-5.deb.
> >
>
> The programs you mention above need the xforms library.
> Because xforms has a license problem, leaving these programs in the
> debian ax25-utils package would cause the utils to end up in the
> contrib section. Craig decided to leave them out, so the ax25-utils
> could go in the main debian distribution.

Really all those programs? I am not sure since sethdlc, setcrystal
and smmixer are simply command line based programs.
Only smdiag is X Window based. So I am not sure that all the
aforementioned programs really use XForms.
>
> (I am not criticising, just explaining)

Thank you very much for that!

Cheers, 73

Gerd