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 1Qa5ck-00072j-4J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:36:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0BF581C09F; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:33:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (ns1.bonedaddy.net [70.91.141.202]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C4B1C09F for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:33:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5OC35Kr018064 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:03:05 -0400 Received: (from tgoodman@localhost) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id p5OC34e8018063 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:03:04 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.bonedaddy.net: tgoodman set sender to tsg@bonedaddy.net using -f Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:03:04 -0400 From: Todd Goodman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Do we have to build gcc with fortran now? Message-ID: <20110624120304.GM30008@ns1.bonedaddy.net> References: <4E0167C4.9080100@gmail.com> <4E020F32.1040209@gmail.com> <201106232322.11570.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> <4E03C416.7000504@kutulu.org> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E03C416.7000504@kutulu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 5045c433ec994ced9d8d96fb8996d3f8 * Mike Edenfield [110623 18:34]: > On 6/23/2011 6:22 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 June 2011 16:50:10 Dale wrote: > > > >> If you use KDE like me, be prepared to put the thing back tho. Some KDE > >> packages depend on things that seem to need it enabled. > > > > Looks like it's only packages that are pulled in by kdeedu-meta. Do you need > > all those? > > > > It's one package (cantor) that has one dependency (R) that is optional > (USE=-R) that falls squarely into the "if you aren't sure if you need it > then you probably don't" category. So for most users, no, you don't need > to build gcc with fortran. Dale's just playing it safe, I guess, after > the admittedly scary "I'm all broken and stuff!" warning message cantor > throws at you. > > --Mike What seems strange then is that if everyone keeps telling Dale that he most likely doesn't need cantor and R then why is R enabled in the profile by default? Seems it should be -R by default? Todd