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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Building custom package for multi-arch/system
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:44:39
Message-Id: robbat2-20100129T214013-992659232Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Building custom package for multi-arch/system by Philipp Riegger
1 On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:52:40AM +0100, Philipp Riegger wrote:
2 > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:31:04 +0000
3 > "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote:
4 > > But if you built and linked against openssl-0.9.7*, then upgraded to
5 > > openssl-0.9.8, you can expect breakage.
6 > But can't this be kind of ignored and solves the Gentoo way? If the
7 > binpkg does not work, don't install it and simply rebuild it (if not
8 > stated otherwise on the command line)?
9 The gentoo "way" in this case is revdep-rebuild, and you've already
10 stated that your servers do not have a compiler.
11
12 You need to either expose the linkage dependencies outside the binpkg,
13 or introspect it when you're about to install it to find that it's NOT
14 going to work.
15
16 zmedico/portage folk: Can we have a phase during binpkg install, that
17 lets us check ELF linkages before the files get moving to ${ROOT}?
18
19 --
20 Robin Hugh Johnson
21 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
22 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Building custom package for multi-arch/system Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>