ports/94714: linux-pango fails to install: failed dependency?

[Boris Samorodov]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:10:09 -0800 Paul Beard wrote:
> On Mar 20, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Boris Samorodov wrote:

> > You did intsall it by hand!

> Um, yeah, I expect "linux_base" to be whatever the current version  
> is: I didn't specify 7.x or 8 or 9 or SuSE. Again, why is 7.3 the  
> default if 8.0 is the currently-supported version?

If you like, you may send patches to documentation.

> If a naive user installs linux_base to satisfy a dependency, how do  
> they know which one to choose (or which one(s) not to)?

The best place is to ask here.

> These are the choices:
> linux_base
> linux_base-8
> linux_base-debian
> linux_base-fc3
> linux_base-gentoo-stage1
> linux_base-rh-9
> linux_base-suse-9.1
> linux_base-suse-9.2
> linux_base-suse-9.3

Currently linux_base-8 is the default. In the near future (I hope)
linux_base-fc3 will be.


WBR
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