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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Weird portage behaviour
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:53:44
Message-Id: 2000474.qStILoGMK8@wstn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Weird portage behaviour by Tom Wijsman
1 On Monday 14 Apr 2014 16:15:57 Tom Wijsman wrote:
2 > On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 14:43:33 +0100
3 > Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
4 > > Many thanks for that little bit of magic. I've incorporated it into a
5 > > simple script to find all the missed packages and list their atoms in
6 > > a form suitable for piping into emerge.
7 >
8 > You might not want to do that; those are _build_ dependencies, not
9 > _runtime_ dependencies. You don't need them for the package to run.
10
11 At last, I understand the difference. I might even pipe the list into
12 emerge -cv for kicks.
13
14 Pity I needed a full-size clue-stick to beat the lesson in :-(
15
16 Thanks again - also to Neil.
17
18 --
19 Regards
20 Peter