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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dns/bind-tools 9.14 -> 9.16 pulling in 17 new dependencies?!
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 15:36:22
Message-Id: 20200720163605.3f54a0d9@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] dns/bind-tools 9.14 -> 9.16 pulling in 17 new dependencies?! by Alarig Le Lay
1 On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:31:04 +0200, Alarig Le Lay wrote:
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3 > > Including the man page in the files directory would avoid this,
4 > > although I don't know if this is considered good practice.
5 >
6 > Perhaps adding a man use flag which enabled by default?
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8 i don't think that's the issue. The problem is that the man pages are not
9 included in the upstream package, only the source for them. So if you
10 want to be able to RTFM, you need a load of dependencies.
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14 Neil Bothwick
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16 "Daddy, what does formatting drive 'C' mean?

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Re: [gentoo-user] dns/bind-tools 9.14 -> 9.16 pulling in 17 new dependencies?! Ashley Dixon <ash@××××××××××.uk>