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sorry for the format, this was |
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Sent from my iPhone |
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On 2012-12-20, at 4:51 PM, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:09:45 -0500 |
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> Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:43 AM, Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> |
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>> wrote: |
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>>> On 12/18/2012 11:58 PM, Duncan wrote: |
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>>>> I didn't know that. Last I knew, stable portage had special-case |
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>>>> acceptance of @system and @world to prepare the way, but I hadn't |
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>>>> seen that full /etc/portage/sets/* and /var/lib/portage/world_sets |
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>>>> support was stabilized. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> If indeed it is as you say, I've even more to rejoice about! =:^) |
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>>> |
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>>> Yeah, it's only been in stable for a few months now, so lots of |
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>>> people aren't aware of it yet. |
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>>> |
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>>> The current list available in portage-2.1.10.x, reported by emerge |
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>>> --list-sets is: |
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>>> |
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>>> preserved-rebuild |
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>> |
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>> If @preserved-rebuild and the corresponding FEATURES=preserve-libs are |
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>> now stable, we should create a news item about this. |
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>> Otherwise people will still be running revdep-rebuild a decade from |
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>> now, as this feature was never formally announced as far as I'm aware, |
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>> and all the mentions of it were ages ago and not available to stable |
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>> users at the time. |
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> |
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> We really shouldn't... EAPI 5 is the way to go, not preserve-libs. |
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preserved-libs complements EAPI5, it should not disappear. |
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