Stephen Bennett wrote: > Steve Long wrote: >> Could you spell out that exception clause, please? > It doesn't translate well into words, but we'll go with something like > "Unless you know exactly why the rule is there, understand fully the > implications of breaking it, and know why it's a > good idea in this particular case." > > However, if you're in a position to be invoking that clause, you should > know about it anyway.
OK; the rule, AFAICT, is don't depend on an app that's in base profile. This includes portage. There seemed to be probs with /not/ depending on zlib tho? -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
