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On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 05:48:15 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> Otherwise, why do Gentooers say 'dependency' when they mean |
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> 'requirement' ? |
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It's a general Linux thing, not only Gentoo. |
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> -- eg above, while Zip is not required for Gcc or |
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> Seamonkey or VICE VERSA, Zip could hardly depend on Seamonkey, but |
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> Seamonkey could require it. |
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Seamonkey depends on zip, so zip is a dependency of Seamonkey. In this |
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context dependency is a synonym of requirement, unlike the political |
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context. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Most software is about as user-friendly as a cornered rat! |
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