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Subject: Re: Port dependencies
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Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2 April 2011 00:58, Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org> wrote:
> > One of my biggest gripes with the ports system is dependency hell.
>
> I think you've misunderstood the term dependency hell [1]. Anyone
> who has spent hours struggling with rpm ... would never dare to
> even think of such terms when using the Ports Collection.

Dependency purgatory?