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On Wed, 16 May 2007 17:51:20 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: |
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> Circular dependencies are mostly a problem for new users since as soon |
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> as the dependencies are installed the circular dependencies are |
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> satisfied and hence irrelevant. |
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I know, it was in a new install that I got hit. |
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> The real problem comes when a new user right after finishing install |
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> sets a bunch of use flags and attempts to emerge gnome or kde only to |
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> be greeted with 40 lines or more of circular dependencies. |
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You mean I shouldn't have copied over a make.conf from another machine |
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without checking? ;-) |
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I think the important point about this was that it was such a trivial |
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hiccup to fix - USE="-directfb" emerge -1 libsdl - then continue with the |
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previous emerge. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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On the other hand, you have different fingers. |
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