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On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 09:29:57 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> That works for the case where the software is managed by portage, |
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> which is likely 99.9999% of what's on Gentoo systems worldwide. It |
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> doesn't work however for the odd case where I write some little |
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> program which requires a library (ta-lib in my portage file) and I |
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> don't write an ebuild to build it. I've never bothered to learn to do |
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> my own ebuilds but at some level it would be a good idea, and I think |
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> it would address Mr. Orlitsky's issue about what his users need and |
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> why. |
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That's more easily handled with sets. No ebuild writing skills are needed |
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and there's no danger of atoms being accidentally added to the set. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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*Libra*: /(Sept 23--Oct 23)/ An unfortunate typo on your application |
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results in your being accepted into the Legion Of Superherpes. |
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