GNU bug report logs - #18235
emacs -nw still depends on libXcursor.so.1

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 22:55:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacs -nw still depends on libXcursor.so.1
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 06:53:37 +0800

$ emacs -nw -q
emacs: error while loading shared libraries: libXcursor.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

True, my system is broken today.
However perhaps to increase resilliance,
maybe if the user uses -nw,
perhaps that X stuff can not be attempted to get pulled in.

That way a single emacs binary,
would also be useful,
for those days when one is repairing their system.

So no need to install a separate emacs-non-x package...
when in fact the system might be in such bad shape to make installation impossible, etc.
Added tag(s) wontfix. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 09 Aug 2014 23:46:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 18235-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18235: emacs -nw still depends on libXcursor.so.1
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 19:45:25 -0400

What you ask for is not possible.
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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: 18235 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#18235: emacs -nw still depends on libXcursor.so.1
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 21:46:07 -0400

> What you ask for is not possible.

Of course, nothing's impossible.  E.g. We could change Emacs to use dynamic
loading of X libraries (a crap load of work for very little benefit).

But another avenue would be to lobby the GNU/Linux people working on
ld.so so that we can mark some libraries as "not indispensable", in
which case their absence wouldn't cause an error: instead the symbols
would be resolved such that using one of their functions signals
an error.


        Stefan
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