Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package can't be found
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:36:55
Message-Id:	`200804111036.44235.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] blocking package can't be found by Alan McKinnon

1	On Thursday 10 April 2008 13:08:14 Alan McKinnon wrote:
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3	> "blocks" is 6 letters. A semantically correct phrase is longer and takes
4	> up heaps of line length. The emerge dev apparently favours brevity and
5	> complete data over absolute descriptive correctness.
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7	We're not dealing here with fine details of semantics; what emerge tells us
8	is usually correct in my experience, but in this case it's actually saying
9	the opposite of what it means. More thought is needed.
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12	Rgds
13	Peter
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