On Wednesday 04 March 2015 05:48:15 Philip Webb wrote: > 150304 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 March 2015 01:06:58 Walter Dnes wrote: > >> ... zip is an absolute dependancy of gcc and seamonkey ... > > > > A word to the wise: dependency. No As. > > You mean "A's" or more accurately "A" ... (grin).
Nope. Certainly not "A's" (ugh!), and not "A" either, since the only number that's singular is 1. (You wouldn't say "my fruit bowl's empty - it contains no apple.") > Otherwise, why do Gentooers say 'dependency' when they mean > 'requirement' ? -- eg above, while Zip is not required for Gcc or > Seamonkey or VICE VERSA, Zip could hardly depend on Seamonkey, but > Seamonkey could require it. > > Making sense of Portage output + dox is difficult enough, as it is. No argument there. I could say something rude about Americans and English, but I'll contain myself. P) -- Rgds Peter.
