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From: Klavs Klavsen <kl@××××.dk>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: Making updates never break dependencies
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 08:10:28
Message-Id: 1068106226.2898.14.camel@amd.vsen.dk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: Making updates never break dependencies by Jon Portnoy
1 On tor, 2003-11-06 at 09:02, Jon Portnoy wrote:
2 [SNIP]
3 > Is OpenSSL broken? The OpenSSL ebuild installs 0.9.6 libs for
4 > compatibility to prevent breakage (if 0.9.6 was installed previously).
5
6 It didn't on my machine. I just upgrade to 0.9.7c (got tired of having
7 to upgrade 0.9.6 all the time) - and it broke my
8 mozilla,python,wget,some-kde-stuff,galeon,sylpheed-claws etc.
9
10 Besides, such a general issue, as handling dependencies IMHO shouldn't
11 have to be handled by the individual ebuild (as it will be missed for
12 many) - when it can be handled in general and for all, by portage.
13 --
14 Regards,
15 Klavs Klavsen, GSEC - kl@××××.dk - http://www.vsen.dk
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18
19 Working with Unix is like wrestling a worthy opponent.
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[gentoo-dev] Re: GLEP: Making updates never break dependencies Sebastian Bergmann <sb@××××××××××××××××××.de>