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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> * Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> [120328 11:06]: |
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>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:15:19 -0400, Todd Goodman wrote: |
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>> > x11-libs/fltk is in world. |
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>> Why? |
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> Don't know. Probably forgot the -1 at some point or needed it for some |
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> software outside of Gentoo. |
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>> > Or have I broken my system? |
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>> Probably. There is rarely a good reason for having libraries in world. |
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> Fine, but it hardly seems that it's broken just because there's a |
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> library in world? |
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Remove it from world, and try an emerge -p --depclean. |
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Having the library in world ties you to a particular name for that |
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library, among (potentially) other things. That could conceivably lead |
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to ping-ponging if an update moves it away from some piece of that |
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original description, and than another update notices that it's |
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missing. |
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:wq |