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From: Stuart Herbert <stuart@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] virtual/gzip madness
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:20:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200408231521.02247.stuart@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1093270141.17302.10.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net>

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On Monday 23 August 2004 15:09, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> If the package is in system, it should not DEPEND on it *unless* it
> requires a specific version or specific package (in the case of a
> virtual).

I disagree.  Making sure that packages have as accurate a list of DEPENDs as 
possible can only make life easier when porting Gentoo to userlands that are 
not Linux.

Besides, it's good SCM behaviour.

Best regards,
Stu
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  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-23 14:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-23 13:47 [gentoo-dev] virtual/gzip madness Aaron Walker
2004-08-23 14:02 ` Aaron Walker
2004-08-23 14:09 ` Chris Gianelloni
2004-08-23 14:20   ` Stuart Herbert [this message]
2004-08-23 15:36     ` Lina Pezzella
2004-08-23 17:54       ` Chris Gianelloni
2004-08-23 18:26         ` Lina Pezzella
2004-08-24 15:30       ` Paul de Vrieze
2004-08-24 15:59         ` Will Buckner
2004-09-07 12:55         ` Aaron Walker
2004-08-23 14:28   ` Chris Gianelloni

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