From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QBwZV-0007C9-RT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:05:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 673291C0DD for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:05:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D36B21C03A for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyi11 with SMTP id 11so6349161wyi.40 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:12:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references :in-reply-to:x-kmail-markup:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=9Dwle5PJYQUHtznafujmNYAkHKrKOjt0b4bGxT6bptE=; b=LviAQ2BI7VFbRW9HUH7zO+6sdoP1HQkCDhNOXpqLkCmNCWIIdn/u2c+442ZzIidtcR fLRuWtOF6J018svlOutfZ4zbv1BPk16dHaExw8BXUpXViKgiqhe6YuQgXQnuDnLWDdCl Gctra9+uPHTb5fZnTgyXPwJia3TDphlHUXOms= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :x-kmail-markup:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; b=IXiO4jo9Op2RO0y/k0TLX1aYXYosdT1q1epCVtMV6STRwjUYY9pVgHhpjb5Gl/jXH7 zimh0FeA4QiK+pMztgK1g971jg8E7bIJxeft80TiKu9kcY/kODQJQ673b3plzI8oXcxA yHrQQynd1OdC000bnrK3uQ2SjfEOMM4degWi8= Received: by 10.227.140.80 with SMTP id h16mr5378900wbu.127.1303161137927; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:12:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-215-19-231.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.215.19.231]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o23sm3500911wbc.44.2011.04.18.14.12.14 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:12:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I can't understand an emerge error. Help, please! Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:11:48 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (Linux/2.6.38-ck; KDE/4.6.2; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Alan Mackenzie References: <20110418162145.GA4024@acm.acm> <20110418202122.GB4024@acm.acm> In-Reply-To: <20110418202122.GB4024@acm.acm> X-KMail-Markup: true Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary-01=_UkKrNtVlbULesGk" Message-Id: <201104182311.48805.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 9fa5701c1c05e63ab8bb02f27d030996 --Boundary-01=_UkKrNtVlbULesGk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Apparently, though unproven, at 22:21 on Monday 18 April 2011, Alan Mackenzie did opine thusly: > > These are the items that require libgcrypt with static-libs USE flag > > set. Sometimes changing USE flags on thse packages will change the > > dependency requirements. Sometimes it's just something new that the > > maintainer added since a previous version. > > OK. I was getting confused by "dependency required", which sounds > tautological. What it seems to mean is "package required". It really does mean exactly what it says. Look at it again: (dependency required by "sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.1.3-r3[-dynamic]" [ebuild]) It's saying there is a dependency, and the package that requires it is cryptsetup. Read it like this:: (dependency, required by ..... ) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com --Boundary-01=_UkKrNtVlbULesGk Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Apparen= tly, though unproven, at 22:21 on Monday 18 April 2011, Alan Mackenzie di= d opine thusly:


> &g= t; These are the items that require libgcrypt with static-libs USE flag

> &g= t; set. Sometimes changing USE flags on thse packages will change the

> &g= t; dependency requirements. Sometimes it's just something new that the

> &g= t; maintainer added since a previous version.

>

> OK= .=A0=A0I was getting confused by "dependency required", which s= ounds

> ta= utological.=A0=A0What it seems to mean is "package required".


It real= ly does mean exactly what it says. Look at it again:


(depend= ency required by "sys-fs/cryptsetup-1.1.3-r3[-dynamic]" [ebuild= ])


It's sa= ying there is a dependency, and the package that requires it is cryptsetu= p. Read it like this::


(depend= ency, required by ..... )


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alan do= t mckinnon at gmail dot com

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