[Magick-bugs] Why does libMagickCore depend on X11 ?

[Hans de Goede]

duc.sequere.aut.de.via.decede at imagemagick.org wrote:
>> Iow, could it be possible to modify ImageMagick so that the console
>> applications and the libs themselves do not depend on X libs?
> 
> A user can configure ImageMagick without X lib depenencies.  Try
> 
>   cd ImageMagick-6.4.0
>   ./configure --without-x
> 
> This, as expected, disables the display, animate, and import programs since
> they depend on the X11 libraries.
> 

But if this disables only these programs, then why is libMagickCore itself 
linked against X11-libraries, shouldn't only these programs be linked against 
X11 libs then?

Regards,

Hans