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On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:21:48 +0100, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: |
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> Apart from a reply by Dale which more or less confirmed (at least the |
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> way I read it) that the section regarding the "--changed-deps" option in |
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> "man emerge" does not contain much valuable information, there was no |
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> response whatsoever, not even from the "gentoo.org" folks on this list! |
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> And none of the examples to overcome problems provided by others in this |
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> thread ever contained "--changed-deps". Does this mean "--changed-deps" |
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> is a NOOP, a relict from days long gone by, meanwhile without any funct- |
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> ionality, just provided for compatibility in order to not break ancient |
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> scripts? |
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It's not a relic, it's a fairly recent addition. It's a bit of a belt and |
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braces approach which basically says "rebuild everything that might just |
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possibly, maybe, in some circumstances have some sort of effect". |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Heisenberg may have been here. |
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