> [Sheesh I finally need to learn make syntax to understand what exactly
> is going on because I think it could be helpful to FIRST compile and
> THEN update (remove|reinstall) the package in case of compilation-
> errors]

Ideally, you shouldn't get any compilation errors unless there is a
typo or something in the dependency list, or you have a version
mismatch or something.  Right?  You can always do "make -k blah" to
compile and ignore unimportant errors like errors in installing
documentation, right?

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Ian Cooper
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