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* Re: [gentoo-dev] Why autoconf in system?
  @ 2005-09-12 12:41 99% ` Mike Frysinger
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From: Mike Frysinger @ 2005-09-12 12:41 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Monday 12 September 2005 08:26 am, Frank Schafer wrote:
> we meet often the (faulty) notion that autoconf/automake (even a couple
> of versions on gentoo) is a dependency for packages.

not quite sure what you mean by 'faulty', autoconf/automake is used heavily 
throughout portage

> I'd suggest to remove the build of autoconf/automake from ``emerge
> system''. I'd leave all of the autoconf/automake versions in portage
> tough for the case someone wants to involve in development of some
> package.

it wouldnt matter, coreutils for example would still need it which means it 
would show up in `emerge system`
-mike
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