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From:	Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@g.o>
To:	gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: A heretical thought? Blessing project sunrise as an almost-fork.
Date:	Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:24:04
Message-Id:	`20060613191505.GB27278@dst.grantgoodyear.org`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: A heretical thought? Blessing project sunrise as an almost-fork. by Henrik Brix Andersen

1	Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: [Tue Jun 13 2006, 01:52:18PM CDT]
2	> All software runs on top of the core of the operating system, the
3	> kernel. If the kernel is buggy it will be reflected in all the
4	> software running on top of it, be it portage, compilers, daemons or
5	> graphical user environments.
6
7	Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were referring to the kernel in terms of
8	ebuild dependencies. Isn't your reason why "emerge --info" lists the
9	kernel? (Also, the kernel probably isn't the best example, since I
10	suspect that if there's any single package that people are likely to
11	install outside of portage, the kernel would be it.)
12
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