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From: Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] firefox et al. crash when attaching file in gmail --- dbus?
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:14:59
Message-Id: 488DC601.6080906@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] firefox et al. crash when attaching file in gmail --- dbus? by "Alan E. Davis"
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4 Alan E. Davis wrote:
5 > I have found a script called emwrap.sh The forum thread attached to that
6 > script makes it clear it is important to compile the few core TC files twice
7 > before emerge -e system. Then do that twice. Then emerce -e world. Wow.
8 > The script is supposed to shorten the overall time, by not recompiling TC
9 > and system when compiling the rest of the world. It seems logical.
10 >
11 > I also found some inconsistencies in my USE flags, so it's back to square
12 > one. I hope this works. (I am trying the script).
13 >
14 > Thank you very much.
15 >
16 > Alan
17 >
18 > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:39 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <
19 > volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote:
20 >
21 >> On Montag, 28. Juli 2008, Alan E. Davis wrote:
22 >>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <
23 >>>
24 >>> volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote:
25 >>>> On Montag, 28. Juli 2008, Andrey Falko wrote:
26 >>>>> To eliminate the first factor do: emerge -e world.
27 >>>> no. Just no.
28 >>> For what it's worth, I started emerge -e system quite some time ago. It
29 >>> stops about 1/2 way through on glib. Apparently this is common. I
30 >>> started it up again as "emerge -e system --skipfirst". How bad of an
31 >> idea
32 >>> was that? I think about 200 out of about 350 pkgs have been rebuilt.
33 >>>
34 >>> I'll halt this and rebuild dbus again. Etc/
35 >>>
36 >>>>> The second
37 >>>>> factor can be eliminated by downgrading to firefox2. If it is a
38 >>>>> firefox3 problem then the bug report would go to firefox developers.
39 >>> It does affect firefox 2 also. All users except root. All gecko
40 >> browsers,
41 >>> I guess (all firefox, and epiphany---didnt' try galeon).
42 >>>
43 >>>> just re-emerge dbus and/or revdep-rebuilt should be enough. Or that
44 >>>> 'preserved-libs' stuff.
45 >>> I don't qet it about preserved-libs. THerefore I haven't done anything
46 >>> about any of the messages. I don't understand the messages, exactly what
47 >>> would happen? Would I be building the same app with the same old lib or
48 >>> with the new lib? I need to find something in the docs, but haven't seen
49 >>> anything yet.
50 >> http://r0bertz.blogspot.com/2008/06/portage-22-preserve-libs-features.html
51 >>
52 >> the problem with it (a friend run into it - maybe the have fixed it in the
53 >> meantime)if you do an emerge -e system/world while the old stuff is still
54 >> there, some apps and libs will link against the old stuff. Thus the whole
55 >> exercise will be a waste of time and energy.
56 >>
57 >>
58 >
59 >
60 Please don't top post, it makes it very hard to follow the flow of the
61 list. Thanks! Let us know how that turns out with the script. Also,
62 where did you find it?
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65 Eric Martin
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