[Gnewsense-dev] Re: No xv?

[Yavor Doganov]

>     This is not feasible on the long run, as Karl has explained.
> 
> I have not seen an explanation, only a statement claiming this is so.

The problem you and all gNS users observe when they do
`aptitude|apt-get install xv' stems from the fact that the `xv'
package (which does not exist in the repository) is declared in
x11-common's Conflicts:.  The reliable way to fix this is to rebuild
the `xorg' source package, altering the x11-common's stanza by
removing `xv' from the Conflicts field.

Now, there are other (surgeon-like) ways too, which I'd classify as
"gross hacks" -- unreliable, ugly, invasive, etc.

> If one way is too much work, let's consider others.

It's not too much work; but if I understand correctly Karl Goetz, he
thinks such work is not worth the effort.