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Re: cairo: xcb implies x11

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Subject: Re: cairo: xcb implies x11
From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:56:14 -0000 (UTC)

gdt%lexort.com@localhost (Greg Troxel) writes:

>Reading DESCR for libxcb, it's an alternative implementation for Xlib.

libxcb used to be an alternative API to the X protocol. The original
Xlib then has been reimplemented as a shim on top of libxcb. Since
about 2012 you always depend on libxcb and building cairo with x11
but without xcb support makes little sense.

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