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).
