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It's been a slow start due to the time it has taken me to understand |
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the dynamic linker and the various python modules in portage. |
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Initially, I intended to understand the current revdep-rebuild |
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implementation, but trying to follow that monstrosity of a bash script |
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only caused my eyes to glaze over. :) So instead, I decided to go |
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another route and write an implementation of my own and deal with any |
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problems as they arise, rather than initially basing my implementation |
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off of the bash script. |
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I put the new RevdepSet module in a separate file. Should I instead |
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include this in one of the existing files? I couldn't find a clear |
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description of the purpose of the set classes within each file, so I |
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simply placed it in a new one. Also, did anyone have a more succinct, |
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descriptive name suggestion for the set already in mind? |
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Currently the class is nothing more than a skeleton of a package set |
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class, which I've been using to test the various dbapi interfaces. It |
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does not build a set of useful atoms yet. |
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My plan over the next few days is to build a list of "needed" |
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libraries (either through dbapi or my own implementation similar to |
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linkmap), a list of installed libraries (I'm still unsure of the best |
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way to build this list. Simply searching through lib directories |
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perhaps?), and comparing the two lists to find which are missing. The |
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packages are already associated with the libraries in var/db/pkg, so |
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that shouldn't be a problem. I'll see how that works and go from |
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there. |
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Are there any future plans to integrate the concept of recompiling |
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necessary binaries against newly updated libraries when upgrading |
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through emerge? Or is it more likely to stay as is with preserved-lib |
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functionality? I was just wondering about the futility of this whole |
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project in the future. :) |
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Should emerge revdep-rebuild rebuild the packages that are compiled |
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against preserved libraries? I assume no, since that functionality is |
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already present with preserved-libs, but I wanted to be sure. |
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Thanks, |
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Lucian |
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