On 6/23/2011 1:04 AM, Dale wrote: > Mike Edenfield wrote: >> On 6/22/2011 2:35 PM, Dale wrote:
>>> You have decided to build cantor with no backend. >>> To have this application functional, please do one of below: >>> # emerge -va1 '='kde-base/cantor-4.6.4 with 'R' USE flag enabled >>> # emerge -vaDu sci-mathematics/maxima >> The odds of you ever needing to use cantor are practically nil. And if >> you did, you'd probably already have R installed and know what FORTRAN >> was. So, don't worry about it. > I never noticed it being there. So, naw I don't need it. Good ole > kde-meta pulled it in tho. My point was, you can install cantor without R (or maxima) and it will complain loudly that "I'm installing myself broken!"... but it *will* install. And if you never run it, you never need R, thus you never need +fortran, and your gcc will be much happier. --Mike
