Re: [gentoo-dev] DEPENDing on system components

[Dan Armak <danarmak@gentoo.org>]

On Monday 23 July 2001 21:50, you wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 09:49:36PM +0300, Dan Armak wrote:
> > I understand that. Problem is, most packages don't have a published list
> > for the basic utilities which they use. To find out you basically have to
> > read the Makefile and look for any such commands. Buildinig an 'empty'
> > system that doesn't even have flex etc. sounds rather difficult, unless I
> > just remove flex from an existing one. So in really high-level things
> > like enscript which I just added, is it an absolute must?
> > Besides this is easy enough to fix if someone encounters a missing
> > dependency.
>
> Just try your best to be comprehensive; we can always add more dependencies
> as they are found.  But a comprehensive, accurate set of dependencies *is*
> a good thing.
Undoubtedly. OK, will try :-)
-- 

Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer
Matan, Israel