On 2010.03.04 02:17, Dale wrote: [snip] > > Let just think of it this way. I have to reinstall say from a dead > hard > drive. I have copies of my make.conf and world file. I install my > new > drive, download the tarball and unpack it. I copy over make.conf and > world. Naturally cups will be enabled. Then I sync and start to > update. Isn't that circular dependency still going to be there? > After > all, this is how I install Gentoo even if from scratch. I set my USE > line before I start to emerge or update. > > It seems to me, in my situation, this would not solve much. Maybe I > am > incorrect in that. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > Dale,
That's not a new install as per the handbook. Neither are you a new user as you have a premade make.conf and world file and some experience with Gentoo. Put yourself in the place of a brand new Gentoo user doing his/her first install. It needs to just work out of the box, one way or another, without forums posts or calls for help in #gentoo about circular dependences. That's not just cups - thats all circular dependencies. -- Regards, Roy Bamford (Neddyseagoon) an member of gentoo-ops forum-mods trustees
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