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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 08:05:55AM -0700, Nick Vinson wrote |
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> Theoretically no. When autotools is used correctly, the release tarball |
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> has no dependency on either. That said, many people don't generate / |
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> distribute a release tarball. |
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> However, I don't think this is the criterion used to determine what |
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> should be in @system. The wiki defines the system set as the set that |
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> "contains the software packages required for a standard Gentoo Linux |
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> installation to run properly". |
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> That definition definitely excludes automake and autoconf (arguably gcc |
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> should also excluded, under that definition, so the wiki might not be |
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> 100% correct). |
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A binary distro can get by without gcc. For that matter, so could a |
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Gentoo "snapshot". But my definition of "run properly" includes being |
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able to update software for new features and security fixes. For a |
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build-from-source distro like Gentoo, gcc and associated tools are a |
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vital part of the distro. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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