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From: Stuart Herbert <stuart@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] virtual/gzip madness
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:21:07
Message-Id: 200408231521.02247.stuart@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] virtual/gzip madness by Chris Gianelloni
1 On Monday 23 August 2004 15:09, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
2 > If the package is in system, it should not DEPEND on it *unless* it
3 > requires a specific version or specific package (in the case of a
4 > virtual).
5
6 I disagree. Making sure that packages have as accurate a list of DEPENDs as
7 possible can only make life easier when porting Gentoo to userlands that are
8 not Linux.
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10 Besides, it's good SCM behaviour.
11
12 Best regards,
13 Stu
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