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From: Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone Else "Ping-Ponging" with fltk?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:42:42
Message-Id: 20120328153955.GO27585@ns1.bonedaddy.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone Else "Ping-Ponging" with fltk? by David W Noon
1 * David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> [120328 11:22]:
2 > On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:58:00 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote about Re:
3 > [gentoo-user] Anyone Else "Ping-Ponging" with fltk?:
4 >
5 > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:15:19 -0400, Todd Goodman wrote:
6 > [snip]
7 > > > Or have I broken my system?
8 > >
9 > > Probably. There is rarely a good reason for having libraries in world.
10 >
11 > For us programmers it is often essential that we have one or more
12 > library packages in world, since we might be using that library (or
13 > those libraries) in projects we are developing.
14 >
15 > The question I think Todd Goodman is trying to ask is why a package in
16 > world should be a candidate for depclean.
17 > --
18 > Regards,
19 >
20 > Dave [RLU #314465]
21
22 Yes, exactly.
23
24 And more specifically, if the two versions of fltk are slotted it makes
25 me even more surprised that portage wants to depclean the 1.3.0 version.
26
27 Thanks,
28
29 Todd

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Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone Else "Ping-Ponging" with fltk? Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone Else "Ping-Ponging" with fltk? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>