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# Known metapackages.  A metapackage is a package that exists for the
# convenience of users or installers to install a set of related packages
# and should not be used as a dependency of anything other than another
# metapackage.  It should not be used as a build dependency ever.

mono-complete
x-window-system
x-window-system-dev
x-window-system-core
xorg
xorg-dev