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On 26-11-2009 10:01:24 +0000, Duncan wrote: |
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> > required dependencies for. Hence, ekeyword should be installed such |
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> > that it references the perl from the offset installation, e.g. |
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> > "/home/joe/gentoo/usr/bin/perl". |
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> > "/bin/sh" is another nice one. |
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> At least here, that it would ordinarily be best to reference the prefix |
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> system was taken for granted, so when it's "absolutely necessary" to |
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> reference the host system is the interesting case, and how I parsed the |
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> request. You provided examples of just the opposite, the case I (and |
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> evidently Denis, if I parsed the request correctly) assumed to be normal, |
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> where referencing the prefix is strongly desirable or "absolutely |
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> necessary". |
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I see, thanks for bringing that up. To clarify (I hope this is): |
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Gentoo Prefix tries to be as much self-sufficient as possible, and hence |
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applications *must* not reference the host system, unless absolutely |
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necessary, such as for e.g. /lib/libc.so. |
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If Gentoo Prefix would not do this, Portage's dependencies would become |
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useless, and many uncontrollable and unpredictable errors may arise both |
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at compile time as well as at run time. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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