Don't you need autoconf and automake to build a lot of packages? On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Kristian Fiskerstrand <k...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 10/25/2016 04:01 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:43:44 -0400 > > Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > >> Looking at profiles/base/packages, I see a bunch of lines that are > >> commented out. For example, > >> > >> *sys-apps/which > >> #*sys-devel/autoconf > >> #*sys-devel/automake > >> *sys-devel/binutils > >> #*sys-devel/bison > >> #*sys-devel/flex > >> *sys-devel/gcc > >> > >> Does anyone know why those are commented as opposed to just.. not > >> there? > > > > > > Those used to be in @system and were dropped at some point once ebuilds > > had proper deps. My guess would be ppl wanted to keep them commented > > out just in case it appeared to be a bad idea to drop them and be able > > to "revert" easily. Nowadays, we can probably assume it was ok :) > > > > Indeed, to avoid confusion I'd suggest cleaning it up unless base-system > or QA has any objections. > > -- > Kristian Fiskerstrand > OpenPGP keyblock reachable at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net > fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3 > >
