Slim needs gcc-libs not gcc has dep

Question

I just found out that slim needs gcc for a 57kb file. This file is in gcc which is 23mb. I just want know why this one file is not gcc-libs instead gcc. This is so people how don't need gcc will need to install it in order to get slim to work.
Just my 2 cents to help make arch more customable in size of MB.
PS With gcc install, base-devel group only takes 2.6MB more of space. I just had to give you the idea.
Last edited by godane (2008-10-17 12:23:37)

Answer 1

I think then slim just needs to be updated.
[root@arch-live arch]# ldd /usr/bin/slim
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7f09000)
libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0xb7edb000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7dec000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb7d68000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb7d60000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb7d35000)
libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb7d0e000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7cf9000)
libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb7cc7000)
libXmu.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0xb7cb2000)
libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0xb7c92000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7ba2000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7b7c000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7b6e000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7a2c000)
libxcb-xlib.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 (0xb7a2a000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb7a12000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb7a0e000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb79ed000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0xb799e000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb7996000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb797f000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7971000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f0a000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb796d000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7968000)
libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb7964000)
This is after i remove gcc. So i think slim just needs to update with gcc-libs dep instead of gcc dep.