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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No 'libs' in world file?
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 10:48:23
Message-Id: 20150304104815.GA1060@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] No 'libs' in world file? by Peter Humphrey
1 150304 Peter Humphrey wrote:
2 > On Wednesday 04 March 2015 01:06:58 Walter Dnes wrote:
3 >> ... zip is an absolute dependancy of gcc and seamonkey ...
4 > A word to the wise: dependency. No As.
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6 You mean "A's" or more accurately "A" ... (grin).
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8 Otherwise, why do Gentooers say 'dependency' when they mean 'requirement' ?
9 -- eg above, while Zip is not required for Gcc or Seamonkey or VICE VERSA,
10 Zip could hardly depend on Seamonkey, but Seamonkey could require it.
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12 Making sense of Portage output + dox is difficult enough, as it is.
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[OT] Re: [gentoo-user] No 'libs' in world file? Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] No 'libs' in world file? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>