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On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 06:43:36AM -0000, Sean Cull wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> So, basically, as it stand right now, if a particular package has multiple 
> dependencies, you need to trace backwards to find the original package that 
> is needed, then install each package needed from then on.... If that makes 
> any sense =)
> 
> Cheers,
> Sean

Yes, and soon pkgmerge will perform this for you. :)

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