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On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 09:49:36PM +0300, Dan Armak wrote: |
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> I understand that. Problem is, most packages don't have a published list for |
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> the basic utilities which they use. To find out you basically have to read |
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> the Makefile and look for any such commands. Buildinig an 'empty' system that |
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> doesn't even have flex etc. sounds rather difficult, unless I just remove |
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> flex from an existing one. So in really high-level things like enscript which |
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> I just added, is it an absolute must? |
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> Besides this is easy enough to fix if someone encounters a missing dependency. |
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Just try your best to be comprehensive; we can always add more dependencies as |
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they are found. But a comprehensive, accurate set of dependencies *is* a good |
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thing. |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |