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 <gentoo-user+bounces-121777-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1QC5gr-0001dJ-Dm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:49:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 65F181C055; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (colin.muc.de [193.149.48.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E67131C055 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:48:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 84162 invoked by uid 3782); 19 Apr 2011 07:48:05 -0000 Received: from acm.muc.de (pD951A265.dip.t-dialin.net [217.81.162.101]) by colin2.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:48:04 +0200 Received: (qmail 4664 invoked by uid 1000); 19 Apr 2011 07:34:20 -0000 Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:34:20 +0000 To: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Cc: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I can't understand an emerge error. Help, please! Message-ID: <20110419073420.GB4127@acm.acm> References: <20110418162145.GA4024@acm.acm> <BANLkTi=_tpCoY9kM=3ph5s4xytPRFq2gTg@mail.gmail.com> <20110418202122.GB4024@acm.acm> <201104182311.48805.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201104182311.48805.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 42a742c8235223adaebda2e757b95d7a Hi, Alan. On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:11:48PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > 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:: OK, I think I've got it now. What was confusing me is that in ordinary English, a "dependency" is a relationship, but in emerge it's a thing. Thanks for the help, it's appreciated. > (dependency, required by ..... ) > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).