On Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:59:43 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> work AROUND portage with a lot of things. This would include > >> depclean. > > > > Which is why I think you shouldn't try to work around portage. It > > provides a clean way of doing this, overlays, use them.
> Then you have to update those too. As I said, either way in the long > term, you have to work at overriding portage defaults. But an overlay is working with portage, the other options are trying to trick it. > Both ways will > give the same result, both ways require work. The best thing is what I > mentioned and someone else mentioned, talk to the dev and ask if it can > be a option instead of a requirement. That would fix the whole thing > maybe even for others too. Agreed, we don't even know if it is possible to compile Firefox without alsa-lib. However, devs help those who help themselves, providing a modified ebuild that works, even partially, is more likely to get a resolution in the tree. The other option is to file a bug. Why is alsa in IUSE if the ebuild depends on alsa-lib either way? -- Neil Bothwick We can sympathize with a child who is afraid of the dark, but the tragedy of life is that most people are afraid of the light.
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