On Wed, 16 May 2007 17:51:20 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > Circular dependencies are mostly a problem for new users since as soon > as the dependencies are installed the circular dependencies are > satisfied and hence irrelevant.
I know, it was in a new install that I got hit. > The real problem comes when a new user right after finishing install > sets a bunch of use flags and attempts to emerge gnome or kde only to > be greeted with 40 lines or more of circular dependencies. You mean I shouldn't have copied over a make.conf from another machine without checking? ;-) I think the important point about this was that it was such a trivial hiccup to fix - USE="-directfb" emerge -1 libsdl - then continue with the previous emerge. -- Neil Bothwick On the other hand, you have different fingers.
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