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On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 01:12:05AM -0700, Thomas Mueller wrote: |
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> Thanks to those who responded for the suggestions. |
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> I didn't think I sent this same message a second time. If I did, it was accidental. |
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> Using equery and other portage commands may be better than looking directly at /var/db/pkg/<category>/<package-name>, sort of like the new pkgng in FreeBSD which is taking over from the older format. |
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> I come from a Linux distribution (Slackware) whose package management knows nothing about dependencies. |
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In reality Slackware does know about dependencies, it's just handled |
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differently that Gentoo's portage. In essence, the writer of the SlackBuild |
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sript is supposed to handle dependencies in that script. |
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Former Slacker 2003-2011 |
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Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ |
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support@×××××××××××××××××××××.com |
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662-269-2706 662-205-6424 |
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http://happypenguincomputers.com/ |
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. |
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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? |
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A: Top-posting. |
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Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? |
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Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting |
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