Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754822Ab3HEIXj (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Aug 2013 04:23:39 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:60081 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754585Ab3HEIXi (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Aug 2013 04:23:38 -0400 Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 01:23:20 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acme@infradead.org, Andi Kleen , Namhyung Kim , peterz@infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: perf, tools: Move gtk browser into separate perfgtk executable Message-ID: <20130805082320.GA9562@infradead.org> References: <1375669364-13838-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <20130805081641.GA24808@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130805081641.GA24808@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 648 Lines: 13 On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 10:16:41AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > If you want fewer dependencies then build with 'make NO_GTK=1'. Doesn't help the distros. Installing perf and pulling all the graphics libraries in is highly annoying, especially in size constrained VM or Cloud images. Having a separate binary or at least an ldopen()able plugin that can go into a separate package is highly desirable. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/