* Mike Edenfield <kut...@kutulu.org> [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
